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PHP PHP Basics (Retired) PHP Conditionals & Loops For Loops

Posted by Adam Tatusko
Adam Tatusko
16,589 Points

PHP Loops

The last loop in this video runs 21 times, not 19 (as specified).

Geoff Parsons
Geoff Parsons
11,679 Points

Opps. Good catch Adam. I let Hampton Paulk know.

2 Answers

William Twiner
William Twiner
2,605 Points
William Twiner
William Twiner
2,605 Points

To get it to run one less time we would only need to have the < symbol instead of <=

Harley Urquhart
Harley Urquhart
26,203 Points
Harley Urquhart
Harley Urquhart
26,203 Points

the reason it runs 21 times is that he is using the <= operator and he is starting from 0 if he started from 1 and used the < operator he would have the loop run 19 time instead of 21