If ==/=== keeps flagging false

JavaScript
#1

After i is equal to 1, everything starts flagging false, and for the love of me I cannot figure out why. Even with the “===” the if statement continues to flag false.

  **Your code so far**


function sumFibs(num) {
  let fibSeq = [0, 0];
  let fibSum = 0;

for(let i = 0; i < num; i++) {

  if(fibSum === i) { 
    fibSeq[1] = i;
    fibSum = fibSeq[0] + fibSeq[1]; 
    fibSeq[0] = fibSeq[1];
  }
}

return fibSum;

}

console.log(sumFibs(4));

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Challenge: Sum All Odd Fibonacci Numbers

Link to the challenge:

#2

Could you explain with your words what should be happening in the function?

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#3 
function sumFibs(num) {
  let fibSeq = [0, 0];
  let fibSum = 0;

for(let i = 0; i < num; i++) {
  //first loop: i === 0, fibSum === 0
  //second loop: i === 1, fibSum === 0

  //this if is failing because it does increment on the first loop
  //as i is 0, but it can't enter on the second loop because it 
  //did not increment on the first so fibSum is still 0 when
  //i is 1
  if(fibSum === i) { 
    //0 = 0
    fibSeq[1] = i;
    //0 = 0 + 0
    fibSum = fibSeq[0] + fibSeq[1]; 
    //0 = 0
    fibSeq[0] = fibSeq[1];
  }
}

return fibSum;

}

console.log(sumFibs(4));
#4

This is what gets crazy. Even if I hard code fibSum to equal 2 and then change the if fibSum equals 2, it still flags false.

#6

What do you expect to happen? fibSum to be always 2?

#7

this let fibSeq = [0, 0] should be this let fibSeq = [1, 1]
this let fibSum = 0 should be this let fibSum = 2
If the sequence started on [0,0] it would never increment.
In your loop you should change the values of the sequence regardless of a condition, and that would be best done in a while loop rather than a for loop. The only condition needed in the the loop is when to add to fibSum, and that condition is the whole point of the challenge .

#8

As it can be seen, realizing some things regarding calculating Fibonacci sequence is also part of that challenge.

#9

If you start at i = 0, fibSum = 0 and fibSeq = [0,0], then fibSum === i will only be true once.

Let’s walk though the steps:

i = 0;
fibSum = 0;
fibSeq = [0,0];

if (0 === 0) { // true
    fibSeq[1] = 0; // fibSeq is now [0, 0]
    fibSum = 0 + 0; // 0
    fibSeq[0] = 0; // fibSeq is now [0, 0]
}
if (0 === 1) { // false
}
...
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