Could someone please explain?

Question

I know the answer is 12 but I don’t understand why:

var a=0;
for (k=1; k<=2; k++) {
for (i=0; i<=5; i++) {}
a++;
console.log (a);
}

Answer 1

The answer is 12 because you display the value of a variable each iteration so at first iteration a is 1 so it displays 1 on console then at the second iteration a is increased by 1 again so it displays 2 beside 1

Answer 2

Thanks @turtleshell. So the second loop isn’t factored?

Answer 3

The second loop is useless

Answer 4

Why is that may I ask?

Answer 5

Ahhh... so obvious. Thank you!

Answer 6

Theres nothing inside the loop’s brackets
for (i=0; i<=5; i++) {} <—