Catch Off By One Errors When Using Indexing

JavaScript
1

Tell us what’s happening:
I am supposed to subtract 1 from length to make it a 0-based index and I tried doing that in line where it says to modify by subtracting 1 from the length. It passes all tests except

“Your code should set the terminal condition of the loop so it stops at the last index.”

I don’t know what’s going on

Your code so far


function countToFive() {
  let firstFive = "12345";
  let len = firstFive.length;
  // Fix the line below
  for (let i = 0; i <= len-1; i++) {
  // Do not alter code below this line
    console.log(firstFive[i]);
  }
}

countToFive();

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2

There is a simpler way to set the condition to stop before you are out of bounds than subtracting 1.
hint

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3

That’s very helpful, I can’t believe I hadn’t thought of that.

4

soooooooo i don’t get it

5

For those who are searching for the right solution, here it is:

function countToFive() {
let firstFive = “12345”;
let len = firstFive.length;
// Fix the line below
for (let i = 0; i < len ; i++) {
// Do not alter code below this line
console.log(firstFive[i]);
}
}
countToFive();

All the best and have a wonderful day

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6

can you explain me why this code doesn’t work?

function countToFive() {
let firstFive = “12345”;
let len = firstFive.length;
// Fix the line below
for (let i = 0; i <= len-1; i++) {
// Do not alter code below this line
console.log(firstFive[i]);
}
}

countToFive();

7

what’s happening, what error do you get?

8

I was getting the same error “Your code should set the terminal condition of the loop so it stops at the last index.” if you write len -1 isnt the last index ? I didnt understand well. why i<len but not i<len-1

9

it behaves the same, but the tests are expecting you to use i < len

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10

thank you a lot! To me it seemed the same (and ıt is as you said) but I couldn’t undersand why . thank you again :slight_smile: