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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops Create a while Loop

Posted by Conner Wells
Conner Wells
5,979 Points

I keep getting the error: "Your code took too long to run."

I don't really understand what I am doing wrong. I wrote out the code, thinking it was right, and kept getting the error listed above. I even copy and pasted the code from the previous video that this challenge is for, and I get the same error.

script.js 
var count = 0;


const counter = 0;
while ( counter <= 26 ) {
  document.write(count + ' ');
  counter += 1;

}

1 Answer

Tomas Schaffer
Tomas Schaffer
11,606 Points
Tomas Schaffer
Tomas Schaffer
11,606 Points

Hi Conner,

You are close but you have to execute document.write() 26x you are executing it 27x becuase of wrong while statement. Shoul look like below.

var count = 0; while (count < 26) { document.write(count) count++; }

Tomas Schaffer
Tomas Schaffer
11,606 Points
Tomas Schaffer
Tomas Schaffer
11,606 Points

And one more thing, you don't need to create second variable, and also no reason to concat empty string after value if you dont concat other string. It is used to make space between strings when you concatin.