Can't quite understand the relationship here

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Hi everyone!

Could anyone please explain to me the following code. Specifically, what the variables i and j have to do with the multiplyAll array. I can’t quite understand how they are related.

function multiplyAll(arr) {
  let product = 1;
  // Only change code below this line
  for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
    for (let j = 0; j < arr[i].length; j++) {
      product = product * arr[i][j];
    }
  }
  // Only change code above this line
 return product;
}

multiplyAll([[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6, 7]]);

I’m sorry if this question sounds stupid :see_no_evil: I’m just starting out with Javascript and after trying to figure it out for myself I still couldn’t fully understand.

Thanks so much!

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arr is a two dimensional array so you are using to loops in order to grab every value. i will be the first index (used to grab each array out of arr) then j is used to loop through that array.

Try dropping a console.log(i, j); right under this line:

product = product * arr[i][j];

You’ll be able to see the values of i and j change this way.

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Oh I think I get it now, thank you very much!
So the i is going over the outer level of the multiplyAll array one at a time (0-2) while j is doing the same on the inner level arrays (0-1, 0-1, 0-2). Is this correct?

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You got it!

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Thanks so much for your help!!

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