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18,447 Pointshelp please? i cannot figure this task out!
Challenge Task 3 of 3
Create a while loop that will run as long as 'rubies' is less than 'rubyMax'. During each iteration of the loop, increment 'rubies' by 'rubyReward'. When the loop completes, assign a value of true to 'levelFinished'.
bool levelFinished;
int rubies=0;
int rubyReward=7;
int rubyMax=50;
1 Answer
Anish Walawalkar
8,534 Pointsthere you go
bool levelFinished;
int rubies=0;
int rubyReward=7;
int rubyMax=50;
while (rubies < rubyMax) {
rubies += rubyReward;
}
levelFinished = true;
Rich Braymiller
7,119 PointsRich Braymiller
7,119 Pointsjust wondering what this does again "rubies += rubyReward" ? Kind of foggy about that...
Anish Walawalkar
8,534 PointsAnish Walawalkar
8,534 Pointsits just a shorthand operator
its equivalent to doing:
rubies = rubies + rubyReward