the while loop

Question

var x = 1;
(x <=
) {
document.write(x + "<br />");
x =
+ 1;
}

why is it x = x + 1 ???

Answer 1

var x = 1;
while (x <= 5) {
document.write(x + "<br>");
x = x + 1;
}

You want to print x's values from 1 to 5 (ie 1 2 3 4 5), so you need to increment x by one each loop.

Answer 2

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