Help fixing my code

[chilly zodiac]

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[bright magnet]

In C you can combine expressions

A common thing is something like this:

while (i < max)
{
  int a = foo[i++];
  int b = foo[i++];
  ...
}

Here int a = foo[i++]; is the same as doing this:

int a = foo[i];
i++;

We can also do it the other way, first update:

int a = foo[++i];

This is the same as:

i++;
int a = foo[i];

Now we can do this inside a complex expression, like this:

int a = ++i < 10 ? j++ : ++k;

The above can be rewritten like this:

++i;
int a;
if (i < 10)
{
   a = j;
   j++;
}
else
{
   k++;
   a = k;
}

Once you understand the above you can understand how you can both combine < and -- inside of () into an expression.

[rotund musk]

im sorry but im extremely confused. this is all extremely new to me.

I need to use his template which is "while ( ___ )"

but didnt I do it here? " while (i > countdown) "

"The decrement operator was to be used inside the condition of your while loop."
how do i fix this as well?