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Plasmas<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:bold>9<\/jats:bold>\n                    1277\u201386). In this paper, the inter-ELM evolution of the edge current density is investigated in a wide range of type\u00a0I ELMy H-modes on JET-ILW. It is found that in discharges at a low gas rate, the peak edge bootstrap current continuously increases until the ELM crashes, while it saturates during the ELM cycle at high gas rates. The effect of current diffusion on the build-up of the edge current inter-ELM is assessed by simulating the Ohmic current contribution with the JETTO transport code. The simulations indicate that current diffusion contributes little to the time evolution of the total edge current in the second half of the ELM cycle and the total current is dominated by the bootstrap current. 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