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

Yemaya Re
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Yemaya Re
Courses Plus Student 1,922 Points

What am I missing/doing wrong with this challenge?!

This is the challenge:

Create a for loop that logs the numbers 4 to 156 to the console. To log a value to the console use the console.log( ) method.

This is the error msg:

Bummer! You need to log out EVERY number from 4 to 156 to the console. Your loop calls the console.log() method 1 times.

I ran the code in the text editor and it logs every number to the console as instructed. Am I supposed to call the console log method multiple times? I'm unsure how. Every time I tweak it, I get it MORE wrong. Please assist. Thank you very much for any help!

script.js
var loop = '';
for ( var i = 3; i <= 156; i += 1 ) {
  loop += i + ' ';
}
console.log(loop);

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points

The test "i !== 156" will cause the loop to stop before 156, but the instructions wanted that value included. Your original test of "i <= 156" would be better.

Also, you don't need to append a space to the number when you log it.

Yemaya Re
Yemaya Re
Courses Plus Student 1,922 Points

I didn't know either of those things. Thanks!

Yemaya Re
Yemaya Re
Courses Plus Student 1,922 Points

Just seeing this response! Thanks so much!

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points

You can log each number by calling "console.log" inside the loop. That will also save you from needing the string variable.

But you may have another issue also since the instructions say to start at 4 but your loop index starts with 3.

Yemaya Re
Yemaya Re
Courses Plus Student 1,922 Points

Hey, thanks for your time! I've changed it to this:

for ( var i = 4; i !== 156; i += 1 ) { console.log(i + ' '); }

And it gives me this error: Bummer! You need to log out EVERY number from 4 to 156 to the console. Your loop calls the console.log() method 152 times.

I have tried so many things that I think SHOULD be correct and NOTHING is working...I'm confused what more needs to be done.