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1,266 Pointsdoes ruby ignore updates to index because its not in the why condition? is index updated and not referenced?
def arr_writer(arr)
i = 0
item = arr[i]
while i < arr.length
puts "The current item is #{item} for index #{i}"
i+=1
end
end
```ruby
a simple fix is to update the item variable inside the while loop but this seems wrong?
```ruby
def arr_writer(arr)
i = 0
item = arr[i]
while i < arr.length
puts "The current item is #{item} for index #{i}"
i+=1
item =arr[i]
end
end
```ruby
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KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 Pointsitem takes the value at the time it is assigned. Without putting the assignment in the loop item will always be arr[0].