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LESSON 153 OF 671 · WHILE LOOPS & FOR LOOPS

Infinite For Loops in JavaScript

Lesson

Remember the infinite while loop? Well, there is also such a thing called the infinite for loop.

Here is an example:

for(let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    console.log(i);
    i--;
}

This is what happens during this loop:

0. Creates and initializes a variable i = 0

1. First iteration:
	a. Is i < 10 true? <=> Is 0 < 10 true? Yes.
	b. Run the code inside {}:
        1) console.log(i) => Output: 0
	    2) i-- => i becomes -1
    c. i++ => i becomes 0 again
	
2. Second iteration:
	a. Is i < 10 true? <=> Is 0 < 10 true? Yes.
	b. Run the code inside {}:
        1) console.log(i) => Output: 0
	    2) i-- => i becomes -1
	c. i++ => i becomes 0 again
	
3. Third iteration:
	a. Is i < 10 true? <=> Is 0 < 10 true? Yes.
	b. Run the code inside {}:
        1) console.log(i) => Output: 0
	    2) i-- => i becomes -1
	c. i++ => i becomes 0 again
	
...

This program will never terminate as i will always have value 0 and thus the condition i < 10 will always be satisfied.

The program would basically print 0 forever never exiting the for loop.


Assignment
Follow the Coding Tutorial and let's practice with infinite for loops!


Hint
Look at the examples above if you get stuck.


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