# Unit 5 Assessment 1 Question 9

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**Created:** [February 17, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/unit-5-assessment-1-question-9/24903 "2019-02-17T19:51:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![christinarconnor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@christinarconnor](https://forum.code.org/u/christinarconnor)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/unit-5-assessment-1-question-9/24903/1 "2019-02-17T19:51:37Z")

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The answer to question 9 is “C”, however the for-loop in the question repeats until “i \< 4”, so the loop repeats 3 times. How can the answer be C which requires the loop to repeat 4 times? Please let me know what I’m missing. Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![jadams1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/jadams1/32/4835_2.png) [@jadams1](https://forum.code.org/u/jadams1)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/unit-5-assessment-1-question-9/24903/2 "2019-02-17T20:27:16Z")

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@christinarconnor

var i = 0 so the variable count starts at 0 with the first iteration. With each iteration 1 is added to the count, so the count goes 0, 1, 2, 3.

I’ve attached a screenshot. Hopefully it helps.

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**Author:** ![christinarconnor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@christinarconnor](https://forum.code.org/u/christinarconnor)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/unit-5-assessment-1-question-9/24903/3 "2019-02-17T21:12:45Z")

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Thanks. After thinking it through I guess the best way to explain it to students is that the “counter” doesn’t tick “1” until after having run the function the first time. Appreciate the reply.

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**Author:** ![jadams1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/jadams1/32/4835_2.png) [@jadams1](https://forum.code.org/u/jadams1)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/unit-5-assessment-1-question-9/24903/4 "2019-02-17T21:36:04Z")

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Glad I could help! 😃