An occasional infinite loop
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This loop is infinite. It never ends. Why?
let i = 0; while (i != 10) { i += 0.2; }That’s 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.
