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Re: nesting while function

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  • Subject: [mg56793] Re: [mg56758] nesting while function
  • From: DrBob <drbob at bigfoot.com>
  • Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 03:00:03 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <200505051001.GAA22002@smc.vnet.net>
  • Reply-to: drbob at bigfoot.com
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You forgot to initialize j in the outer loop:

t = 0; i = 1;
While[i â?¤ 3,
   j = 1;
   While[j â?¤ 2, t++; j++];
   i++]
t

6

Bobby

On Thu, 5 May 2005 06:01:57 -0400 (EDT), <marloo3 at mail15.com> wrote:

> Hi
> t = 0; i = 1; j = 1;
> While[i <= 3,
>   While[j <= 2,
>     t = t + 1;
>     j = j + 1];
>   i = i + 1]
>
> give the result for t=2 and not 6 as should be
>
> but
> t = 0; Do[
>          Do[
>              t = t + 1;
>               , {j, 2}];
>   , {i, 3}]
>
> give the value of 6 for t
> is this a wrong behaviour for the "While" function ? or i miss something.
> thanks
>
>
>
>
>
>
>



-- 
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