Is it possible to display the row of 2 in the power of 1,2...10 (the biggest) using while loop with Math.pow?

Question

Here is my code that doesnt work. It seems to me that it has to but when I use console (in inspect section in the browser) nothing happens, it doesnt find any bug.

I`d be very thankful if you explain me where is the mistake(-s)

var counter = 0;
var result = Math.pow (2, counter);
    while (result < Math.pow (2, 10)) {
    console.log(result);
    counter = counter + 1;
    }

Answer 1

As juvian stated in the comments, you're updating the variable "counter" in your while loop, but you also need to update "result" in every loop as well. Here's a revised version of your code with an explanation.

// Counter starts at zero
var counter = 0;

/*
    Result needs to be initialized to check the
    initial condition.

    Alternatively, we could have changed the
    condition of the while loop to something like:
    while (counter <= 10) { ... }

    (this would be technically faster because
     you're not re-computing Math.pow(2,10))
*/
var result = 0;

// We perform the code in here until the condition is false
while (result < Math.pow (2, 10)) {
    // First, we raise 2 to the power of counter (0 the first time)
    var result = Math.pow (2, counter);
    // Print the result
    console.log(result);
    // Now increment the counter
    // (this will change what the first line of the loop does)
    counter = counter + 1;
}