If I have variables and a for loop with a condition set-up like this:
var scores = [23, 53, 85];
var arrayLength = scores.length;
var i;
for(i = 0; i < arrayLength; i++)
Does the i refer to the scores array indexed position of 0, or is i just the counter number, which is set to 0?
I'm kinda confused on understanding what's happening.
Any help is appreciated!
Here you can see it in action:
var scores = [23, 53, 85];
var arrayLength = scores.length;
var i;
for(i = 0; i < arrayLength; i++) {
console.log('i = ' + i + ', scores[i] = ' + scores[i]);
}
console.log('End of for loop: i = ' + i);One important thing to understand is that i will be incremented until the condition i < arrayLength is not met anymore. So it will reach the value 3 but the for loop will end immediately. Therefore, the code inside the loop is not executed for i = 3.
i is just a counter number which is initially set to 0 and increments up to arrayLength (3 in this case)
i just refers to a number that (in this case) counts up from 0 until arrayLength. You have to explicitly access the values in the array at each i by using scores[i], after which you can modify/use the value in any way you see fit.
i is the counter number.
A for loop works like so:
For each value of array length, use i as a counter variable
each time through the loop increment the variable of i when you are done (i++)
you could expand it like so...
for(i = 0; i < arrayLength; i++)
{
console.log('position ' + i + ' is ' + scores[i]);
}//now that I am done, increment i and go through again until i is no longer less than array length
Right so you have the set the i as a variable by initially going
var i;
Within the for statement you have set the i variable to 0.
for(i = 0; i < arrayLength; i++){
}
Then the for statement is saying if i is less than the array length run the for statement. Each time the for statement runs you are adding 1 to i because of i++;
Every time the for statement will check to see if i is less than the arrayLength if it isnt it will exit out of the for.
So for this instance the for each would run 3 times because the array length is 3.
Make sure you have open and closing brackets on the for statement
So your for statement should look like this. for(i = 0; i < arrayLength; i++){ }
iis just a number variable which is increment on each iteration up to the maximum index of the array.scores[i]