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992 Pointscan't find the answer challenge 2
Plz provide answer and explanation where i'm going wrong. I can't figure out whats wrong here.
let numbers = [2,8,1,16,4,3,9]
var sum = 0
var counter = 0
// Enter your code below
while counter < numbers.count {
for newValue in numbers {
sum = sum + newValue
}
counter += 1
}
1 Answer
Willem Ostn
992 PointsThanks for your fast response. It totally clarifies where i went wrong.
Loopception confirmed!
Peter Correa
17,155 PointsPeter Correa
17,155 PointsHi, you essentially constructed a loop within a loop...Inception the movie comes to mind. For every time your while loop iterates through a single element in numbers array, your for loop is iterating through all seven elements, thus looping 49 times (7 * 7). Please review the code below.