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Weng Cheong Sin
Courses Plus Student 2,108 PointsWhy did Jim not need to specify the condition: counter>0 for the for loop?
Why did Jim not need to specify the condition: counter>0 for the for loop?
3 Answers
Michael Mayer
6,161 PointsThere's no need to specify because as soon as counter is equal to zero, the condition evaluates to False (whereas everytime the loop executes and counter doesn't equal 0 it evaluates to true.)
Valdas Japertas
4,522 Points0 is a Falsy value. Here's more about Truthy and Falsy values: http://www.sitepoint.com/javascript-truthy-falsy/
Weng Cheong Sin
Courses Plus Student 2,108 PointsThanks Michael and Valdas !!