Re: nesting while function
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- Subject: [mg56784] Re: [mg56758] nesting while function
- From: Sseziwa Mukasa <mukasa at jeol.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 02:59:51 -0400 (EDT)
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On May 5, 2005, at 6:01 AM, 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.
You need to reset j to 0 before starting your inner While loop.
Regards,
Ssezi
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