How does this while block work? [closed]

Answer 1

result and counter are separate variables with different goals in this code.

counter is incremented like

 counter += 1

so that eventually the while condition

while (counter<10)

will be satisfied and the code will cease to execute.

As for result, each time the code in the while block is executed, result updated by multiplying by 2

result = result*2

It is 'updated' because the variable result was initialized outside the while loop but is accessible by it. With the above statement, it is taking the existing result variable and multiplying it by 2 then storing it back in result.

Answer 2

You mean this:

loop | counter |  result  | counter < 10
  1       1          2           yes
  2       2          4           yes
  3       3          8           yes
  4       4          16          yes
  5       5          32          yes
  6       6          64          yes
  7       7          128         yes
  8       8          256         yes
  9       9          512         yes
  10      10         1024        no end of loop


  console.log(result);   ->    1024