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

Posted by Mathew Yangang
Mathew Yangang
4,433 Points

for loop

My program keep giving me a syntax error, what am i doing wrong?

script.js 
for(i=0; 4<i<156;i += 1;){

}
console.log(i);
Mathew Yangang
Mathew Yangang
4,433 Points

so it should be i=1; 4<i<156; ?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

I added a comment to my answer to elaborate.

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

The first clause of the loop establishes the starting condition. That's where the "4" should go.

The second clause should contain a single comparison expression to determine when the loop will end.

Mathew Yangang
Mathew Yangang
4,433 Points

so i should be initialized to 4?, like for(var i = 4; 4<i<156; i+=1){} Also what goes inside the set of braces?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

for (i=4; :point_left: that's the way to set the initial condition
      i <= 156; :point_left: that's a single comparison, and you want to include the last value this time

I think you'll have it after that, but don't put a third semicolon after the last clause.

Bob Kaplan Jr
Bob Kaplan Jr
8,984 Points
Bob Kaplan Jr
Bob Kaplan Jr
8,984 Points

Are you missing the term var in front of i=0 ? Even so, I think your loop will never run because you have it set to run when i is between 4 and 156; but you have initialized i to 1. How will i ever get larger than 4?

Bob Kaplan Jr
Bob Kaplan Jr
8,984 Points
Bob Kaplan Jr
Bob Kaplan Jr
8,984 Points

You are very confused. Please review your basic instructions for the for loop. The code that you want to repeat goes inside the braces, not after the closing brace. Even if you set var i=4, the loop will never run because your conditions state that i must be greater than 4 to start the loop. Try var i=5.