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Jennifer Ciaccio
UX Design Techdegree Student 11,137 PointsWhy am I only getting 5 random numbers instead of 10?
I cant see anything wrong with my code, yet when I preview my workspace, its only giving me 5 random numbers, not 10. And when I changed 10 to 100, it only gave me about 40.
function randomNumber(upper) {
return Math.floor( Math.random() * upper ) + 1;
}
var counter = 0;
while(counter < 10) {
counter += 1;
var randNum = randomNumber(6);
document.write(randNum + ' ' );
counter+=1;
}
I can't figure out what I'm missing.
2 Answers
ursaminor
11,271 PointsYou increment counter twice in the while loop. So the first time through, counter becomes 2 (0 + 1 + 1). The second time, counter becomes 4, etc. After 5 times counter is 10 so the loop stops running.
Jennifer Ciaccio
UX Design Techdegree Student 11,137 PointsOh geeze. I must have looked over this at least 10 times and I didnt see that. Thank you so much!