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Ruby Ruby Loops Ruby Loops The Ruby Loop

Johnny Whitfield
Johnny Whitfield
14,024 Points
Posted by Johnny Whitfield
Johnny Whitfield
14,024 Points

Why is my code endless looping and not stopping at the correct array?

My code goes through an endless loop but doesn't make the array = 3 numbers. What's going on?

loop.rb 
numbers = []

number = 0

# write your loop here
loop do
  numbers.push(number)
  numbers.push(number + 1)
  number = number + 1
  if numbers.length == 3
  break
  end
end

2 Answers

Gavin Ralston
Gavin Ralston
28,770 Points
Gavin Ralston
Gavin Ralston
28,770 Points

You're pushing to the numbers array twice in each loop, then checking only to see if numbers == 3

So you're pushing 2 items (length == 2) then 2 items (length == 4)

...and just leaping right over 3. :)

numbers = []

number = 0

# write your loop here
loop do
  numbers.push(number)  # push one item...
  numbers.push(number + 1)  # then push another...
  number = number + 1
  if numbers.length == 3
    break
  end
end
Johnny Whitfield
Johnny Whitfield
14,024 Points
Johnny Whitfield
Johnny Whitfield
14,024 Points

Thanks Gavin! That was it. Got it going.