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iOS Swift 2.0 Collections and Control Flow Control Flow With Loops Working with Loops

dhari alaradah
dhari alaradah
3,127 Points
Posted by dhari alaradah
dhari alaradah
3,127 Points

please help me to solve it

i can not solve it please help me to solve it regards

while.swift 
let numbers = [2,8,1,16,4,3,9]
var sum = 0
var counter = 0

// Enter your code below
while counter < numbers.count {
sum += numbers[0]
sum += numbers[1]
sum += numbers[2]
sum += numbers[3]
sum += numbers[4]
sum += numbers[5]
sum += numbers[6]
counter++

}

1 Answer

Fuad Adetoro
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Fuad Adetoro
iOS Development Techdegree Student 11,599 Points
Fuad Adetoro
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Fuad Adetoro
iOS Development Techdegree Student 11,599 Points

The reason for the while loop is so that it loops through the array, let's say it was real data and an extra integer was added to that array your code wouldn't work. You should use counter as the index instead.

let numbers = [2,8,1,16,4,3,9]
var sum = 0
var counter = 0

// Enter your code below
while counter < numbers.count {
    sum += numbers[counter]
    counter++
}

When you go to the next course, functions you'll hear DRY, Don't Repeat Yourself.