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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops Create a while Loop

Logan Detering
Logan Detering
1,953 Points

Please help

Telling me syntax error, also looking for track that goes over the debugging process

script.js
var count = 0;
while (count < 26) {
  document.write(){
 count 1++;
  }
}

4 Answers

Albert Czarnecki
Albert Czarnecki
12,287 Points

var count = 0; while (count != 26) { count++; document.write(count); }

Kallil Belmonte
Kallil Belmonte
35,561 Points

Hi Logan, this should work:

var count = 0;
while (count < 26) {
  document.write(count++);
}
Vance Rivera
Vance Rivera
18,322 Points

You have the answer mostly correct. Only issue I see is the opening and closing brackets after document.write. Removing that will solve your issue. Cheers!

var count = 0;
while(count < 26){
  document.write();
  count++;
}

A couple problems:

  • Your condition for the while loop is (count < 26)... count would never be 26 because you said less than 26 which includes all the numbers less than 26 (not including 26). Change the operator to <= (less than or equal to)!
  • The document.write function doesn't take a block... you should put the count variable inside the parentheses!
  • Lastly, you can't say count 1++, you could either say count++ or count += 1.

With all that, your code should change into this:

var count = 0;
while (count <= 26) {
  document.write(count);
  count++;
}

Hope it helps! ~Alex