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J. Tigre
Courses Plus Student 2,845 PointsHow to use the value of counter using a var index to compute the sum of the values in the array?
I tried to use the unary operator += to .count to prevent to loop to running infinitely. Please help!
let numbers = [2,8,1,16,4,3,9]
var sum = 0
var counter = 0
// Enter your code below
while counter < numbers.count {
counter += 1
index += counter
}
Peter Correa
17,155 PointsRemember that the index of an array begins with 0. Thus, the counter will need to decrease by a value of 1 to equal the relative index position of that value in the array. After you have that, you can use the index to continually compound the sum of each element in the array.
let numbers = [2,8,1,16,4,3,9]
var sum = 0
var counter = 0
// Enter your code below
while counter < numbers.count {
counter += 1
var index = (counter - 1)
sum = numbers[index] + sum
}
print(sum)
J. Tigre
Courses Plus Student 2,845 PointsJ. Tigre
Courses Plus Student 2,845 PointsHow do I use the value of counter as an index? How do I retrieve each value from the array and add to the value of sum?