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Ruby Ruby Loops Ruby Loops The While Loop

Posted by Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
11,964 Points

While Loop

it saying that my code took too long to load

loop.rb 
i = 0

while i = 0
  i += 1
end

i = 0
while answer < 5
end

2 Answers

Casey Clayton
Casey Clayton
16,708 Points
Casey Clayton
Casey Clayton
16,708 Points

That is happening because based on the code provided you are in an infinite loop.

It should be something like

i = 0

while i = 0
  i += 1
end

answer = 0
while answer < 5
  answer += 1
end

According to the code challenge however you just really need the first part as shown by Ace Motanya in his answer, the second part should be omitted completely as it was causing the infinite loop issue.

Due to the fact you that you had

# There is nothing in here to increment answer so it would just run forever. because answer will never equal 5.  
while answer < 5
end
Ace Motanya
Ace Motanya
31,756 Points
Ace Motanya
Ace Motanya
31,756 Points 
i = 0

while i < 5
  i += 1 
end