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Omar Shehadeh
1,683 PointsCan not figure out how to compute value of sum
The challenge asks me to use the value of counter in order to compute the value of sum. Then I must compute the sum by adding the values from the array. I am not sure as to how to complete this challenge, so please aid me
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
sum += [numbers]
}
1 Answer
Jordan Barr
21,335 PointsHi Omar,
Your code in here looks much better, i replied in the other thread you posted for this question too.
You are almost right with this one, however you just need to compute the sum before incrementing the counter variable otherwise you will miss the first value in the array at the index 0
I am also not sure why you have put 'numbers' in square brackets indicating an array, however it is already an array of values. Remember to get the value at a particular index within the array we write it like this:
array[index] = value
so the code should look like this:
while counter < numbers.count {
sum += numbers[counter]
counter += 1
}