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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops Review while loops, do...while loops, and Loop Conditions

Lindsay Groves
Lindsay Groves
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Posted by Lindsay Groves
Lindsay Groves
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Do While Loop Quiz Question

During one of the quizzes for Stage 1: Simplify Repetitive tasks with Loops, it asks for the person to complete a do while loop to make "I love JavaScript" print to the console 10 times. Here's the code:

var x=0;
do {   
    console.log('I love JavaScript');
    x += 1;
} while (x <= ____ )

Why wouldn't the answer for that blank be 10?

5 Answers

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

It starts counting from zero and is testing for when x is less than or equal to something , so reaching 10 would be the eleventh test.

The whole loop must run at least once, so to make it run ten times, halt execution when x equals 9

Lindsay Groves
Lindsay Groves
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Lindsay Groves
Lindsay Groves
4,811 Points

Thank you, Steve! Totally had it backwards:)

A X
A X
12,842 Points

Argg, I was thinking about counting in base 10 again vs. remembering that the count starts at 0 and the 10th loop would be 9!

Ronav Saundh
Ronav Saundh
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Ronav Saundh
Ronav Saundh
8,070 Points

So the final line of code will be: } while (x <= 9) This is 9 because counting in computer programming starts from: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 These are 10 numbers, so 9 will be present in the statement. Thank you.

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Yep - correct. :+1:

Steve. :smile:

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Upvoted. :wink: :+1:

Justin Fuller
Justin Fuller
6,656 Points
Justin Fuller
Justin Fuller
6,656 Points

Is there a reason document.write isn't allowed in this?

I used the same loop, except

for(i=2; i<25, i+=2){ document.write(i) }

and it was a no-no. :(

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi Justin,

If you want to write to the web page itself, then use document.write - here, we were asked to output to the console, which wouldn't be visible on the web page.

Steve.

davidanguiano2
davidanguiano2
6,859 Points
davidanguiano2
davidanguiano2
6,859 Points

Ha! It's so obvious now. Just have to start counting like a computer programmer.

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Glad to help! Keep going and if you have any questions, just post in the Community pages. There is always help available.

Steve.