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[formal hatch]

please help me with this task

[harsh bone]

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[formal hatch]

if I write 3, the program prints out 6

[fierce jay]

you are using a <= to check if the sum is equal to the limit, thus even when it is 3 (1 + 2) it evaluates that 3 <= 3, it is equal so it continues

[limber plume]

the order in which you run things is really important. You should be doing divert += 1 at the end of the loop

right now you're increasing it, and then totalling it. This means you skip the first number

Bzale is correct too about the loop condition

[formal hatch]

oh

[fierce jay]

if he first adds before incrementing wouldnt that be 1 + 1 ?

[wide turtle]

you set the 1 before the loop so it kind of checks out

per the instruction, the loop should stop when it's at least equal

but your while loop doesn't stop at equal

[formal hatch]

how do I make it stop at equal?

[fierce jay]

just remove the = sign

[formal hatch]

ok

[limber plume]

ahh yeah, I missed that the total starts at 1 too

[formal hatch]

do I move divert back?

[fierce jay]

removing the "=" sign should be enough

[formal hatch]

thanks

[fierce jay]

np

[harsh bone]

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