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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops Review Loops

CHARLES REROMA
CHARLES REROMA
771 Points
Posted by CHARLES REROMA
CHARLES REROMA
771 Points

Question about the quiz

Code needs to run 10 times, so I put 9. Counting from 0 to 9, thats ten times I dont know why its wrong.

var counter = 0; while ( counter < 9 ) { console.log(counter); counter += 1; }

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

Because if your condition is "counter less than 9" then it will stop as soon as it gets to 8. As 9 is not in fact less than 9.

If you used >= (less than or equal to) then 9 would have worked. The correct answer for this quiz is 10.