Order of code in while loop

[jonnyd83]

Hi

Can someone clarify for me please why in the following code the i increment function come after the push the code to push the value of i?

   var myArray = [];
   var i = 0;
   while( i <= 5 && i >= 0) {
       myArray.push(i);
       i--  ;   
}

The purpose of the code is to take i and take one off each time for 5 consecutive times and add each value to the array.

Another question I have is using for in the loop.

var myArray = [];

for(var i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
myArray.push(i);
}

The above works but why doesn’t it work as the previous piece of code and setting i to 0 if it is being incremented by one THEN added to the array.

The code is suppossed take i and add one each time until 5 s reached and adding each value on the way from 1 to 5 into the array.

But i =1

after the first loop runs it will be 2 thats added no?

Could

**Your code so far**

// Setup
var myArray = [];
var i = 0
while(i <= 5 && i >= 0){
myArray.push(i)
i--
}

// Only change code below this line

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