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An occasional infinite loop
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    An occasional infinite loop

    importance: 4

    This loop is infinite. It never ends. Why?

    let i = 0;
while (i != 10) {
  i += 0.2;
}
    solution

    Thats because i would never equal 10.

    Run it to see the real values of i:

    let i = 0;
while (i < 11) {
  i += 0.2;
  if (i > 9.8 && i < 10.2) alert( i );
}

    None of them is exactly 10.

    Such things happen because of the precision losses when adding fractions like 0.2.

    Conclusion: evade equality checks when working with decimal fractions.

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