Reverse a string - can anyone remind me of something?

I redid the algorithm and got it correct; however, I forgot why it’s necessary to add a minus 1 in the loop.

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It’s really hard to answer without looking at code.

because array index starts with 0.

Can you elaborate or provide the code to build context, as generally “minus 1” is added to the loop to decrement the variable value and break out of loop.
Like here


for (let i = 5;  i > 0; i--) {
  console.log(i);  // prints i from 5 to 1
}

If i is not decremented it will run the loop infinitely as the second condition never gets false.

Yeah, sorry: I did not want someone who has not done this algorithm see an answer. I’m sure @piedcipher is correct.

 let y = '';
  for(let i = str.length - 1; i > - 1; i--) {
    y += str[i]
  };
  return y;
};
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Let’s say string is “Tirth”. So .length would return 5 as there are 5 characters but array indices are ranging from 0 to 4. Hence it’s mandatory to minus 1 from the total length to start iterating from 4.

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Yes this is true in the case of arrays because of 0 based indexing.

As general I thought you are talking about the the third i-- part as these are more common in loops.

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If you want to ask a question about solution code you can blur it using the [spoiler][/spoiler] tags.

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As long as it is a valid question and invites discussion it is fine.

Or try to come up with example code that isn’t using challenge code but still conveys the idea.

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nice suggestion @lasjorg!

or you could use collapse section:

Example:

Click me

Heading

  1. Foo
  2. Bar
    • Baz
    • Qux

Some Code

function logSomething(something) {
  console.log('Something', something);
}

How to build one? [How to add a collapsible section in markdown. · GitHub]

<details>
  <summary>Click me</summary>
  
  ### Heading
  1. Foo
  2. Bar
     * Baz
     * Qux

  ### Some Code
  function logSomething(something) {
    console.log('Something', something);
  }
</details>

Thanks. That’s why I didn’t post the code in my first post. Thanks once more.

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True that. When I think of index, Array comes to mind. Won’t forget. Thanks.

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