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curtis barton
609 PointsUsing the value of counter as an index value, retrieve each value from the array and add it to the value of sum.
I'm stuck plz help
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 += 1
}
sum += newValue
1 Answer

Thom Benjamin
10,494 PointsOn the last line:
sum += newValue
You are adding a variable newValue, which you never declared, to sum. What is the reason for this?