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--description--

Right now, if you change continueLoop to true, your while loop will run forever. This is called an <dfn>infinite loop</dfn>, and you should be careful to avoid these. An infinite loop can lock up your system, requiring a full restart to escape.

To avoid this, start by using the increment operator to increase the value of the done variable inside your loop.

--hints--

Your while loop should increment the done variable.

js
assert.match(__helpers.removeJSComments(code), /while\s*\(\s*continueLoop\s*\)\s*\{\s*done\+\+/);

--seed--

--seed-contents--

js
const character = "#";
const count = 8;
const rows = [];

function padRow(rowNumber, rowCount) {
  return " ".repeat(rowCount - rowNumber) + character.repeat(2 * rowNumber - 1) + " ".repeat(rowCount - rowNumber);
}

// TODO: use a different type of loop
/*for (let i = 1; i <= count; i++) {
  rows.push(padRow(i, count));
}*/

let continueLoop = false;
let done = 0;

--fcc-editable-region--
while (continueLoop) {

}
--fcc-editable-region--

let result = ""

for (const row of rows) {
  result = result + row + "\n";
}

console.log(result);