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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops A Closer Look at Loop Conditions

Hannah Gaskins
Hannah Gaskins
14,572 Points
Posted by Hannah Gaskins
Hannah Gaskins
14,572 Points

Having trouble getting the attempts variable to count. My browser says attempts are 0. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

var upper = 10000;
var randomNumber = getRandomNumber(upper);
var guess;
var attempts = 0;

function getRandomNumber(upper) {
  return Math.floor( Math.random() * upper ) + 1;
}

while( guess ==! randomNumber ) {
  guess = getRandomNumber( upper );
  attempts += 1;
}

document.write("<p>The random number was " + randomNumber + "</p>");
document.write("<p>It took the program " + attempts + " attemps to guess the random number.</p>");

2 Answers

sizwengubane
sizwengubane
15,244 Points

U have given an invalid condition for your while loop there is nothing called ==! its !== this will fix it hopefully If this helped, rate my answer as best

Hannah Gaskins
Hannah Gaskins
14,572 Points
Hannah Gaskins
Hannah Gaskins
14,572 Points

Awesome! I just couldn't see that typo ☺ Thanks so much Lakindu.

sizwengubane
sizwengubane
15,244 Points
sizwengubane
sizwengubane
15,244 Points

sure thing just email me if u have any more errors lakindu1.jayathilaka@gmail.com