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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops `do ... while` Loops

George Chatzispiros
George Chatzispiros
2,912 Points
Posted by George Chatzispiros
George Chatzispiros
2,912 Points

Will this script run smoothly?

I wrote the script with a slightly different way but i'm wondering if it's written in such a way that it might confuse the browser. Is it, by the way, necessary to use the "if" statement inside the "do-while" loop in order to run the script?

var randomNumber = getRandomNumber(10);
var guess;
var guessCount = 0;

function getRandomNumber( upper ) {
  var num = Math.floor(Math.random() * upper) + 1; 
  return num;
}

do {
  guess = prompt ("What is it?");
  guessCount += 1;
} while (parseInt(guess) !== randomNumber) 


  document.write ("You tried " + guessCount + " times to guess number " + guess);
Andrei Duhanes
Andrei Duhanes
14,155 Points
Andrei Duhanes
Andrei Duhanes
14,155 Points

Hi,

The code works fine. You cant test it yourself. You need a condition to continue the loop and thus a condition to get out of the loop. If there is no while loop m after the first response the execution will end and it will go to the next line (document.write). If there is a while with no condition then it will never end. Thus you kinda need a condition to break out of the loop.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,786 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,786 Points

No, you don't need an "if" statement when the condition to control the loop is coded directly in the "while" as you have done here.

The video demonstrates a technique using a boolean value to control the loop that is managed by the "if" statement. Your technique is actually more common, and I would even say preferable in cases like this where the condition is not very complicated.