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why the output =0 var arr=[1,2,3,4]; var x=1; for(var i=0;i<arr.length ;i++){ x*=i; } alert (x);

22nd Sep 2018, 7:49 PM
olbab omer
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6 Answers
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In first iteration : x=x*0 that is x=0 And then in every iteration X will be 0. For more information do debugging in angularjs using any IDE.
23rd Sep 2018, 6:40 AM
Jai Verma
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i =0 -->0*x = 0 :)
23rd Sep 2018, 9:18 AM
Lương Văn Tuấn
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thanks
22nd Sep 2018, 7:57 PM
olbab omer
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The reason is because each time the loop iterates through the that array, it multiplies a number by zero and saves that result. No matter how many numbers you multiply by zero, it will always be zero.
23rd Sep 2018, 7:14 AM
Adam Schork
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Your loop starts with I equal zero. zero times anything is zero so the first thing your program does is set X equal to zero, from then on it's always zero times a number which comes out to be zero again.
24th Sep 2018, 6:34 AM
Rick Shiffman
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Because any numbers multiplied with zero is always zero. you better to initialise i=1 inside the for loop to get a different output
22nd Sep 2018, 7:53 PM
Arjun gowda
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