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authorDave Gauer <dave@ratfactor.com>2021-02-07 11:06:51 -0500
committerDave Gauer <dave@ratfactor.com>2021-02-07 11:06:51 -0500
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Consistent instructions and examples
I started off with "hints" that required the poor student to piece together the information from incomplete bits. A complete example is like a picture that is worth 1000 words and far clearer.
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index 820cf56..4c4fc4f 100644
--- a/11_while.zig
+++ b/11_while.zig
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
//
// Zig 'while' statements create a loop that runs while the
-// condition is true:
+// condition is true. This runs once (at most):
//
// while (condition) {
// condition = false;
@@ -10,16 +10,17 @@
// that we can get a boolean value from conditional operators
// such as:
//
-// a == b a equals b
-// a < b a is less than b
-// a > b a is greater than b
-// a !=b a does not equal b
+// a == b means "a equals b"
+// a < b means "a is less than b"
+// a > b means "a is greater than b"
+// a !=b means "a does not equal b"
//
const std = @import("std");
pub fn main() void {
var n: u32 = 2;
+ // Please use a condition that is true UNTIL "n" reaches 1024:
while ( ??? ){
// Print the current number
std.debug.print("{} ", .{n});
@@ -28,6 +29,6 @@ pub fn main() void {
n *= 2;
}
- // Make this print n=1024
+ // Once the above is correct, this will print "n=1024"
std.debug.print("n={}\n", .{n});
}