curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-recursion-by-building-a-decimal-to-binary-converter/644b82e0dc8e5e7ca47fcd9b.md
The tricky part about while loops is that, if you're not careful, they can run forever. This is called an <dfn>infinite loop</dfn>, and can cause your browser to crash.
To avoid infinite loops, you need to make sure that the condition for the while loop eventually becomes false. In this case, you want to make sure that the input variable eventually becomes 0.
Move the input = 0 statement into the body of the while loop. This will make it so that the loop will only run up to one time.
You should move the input = 0 statement into the body of the while loop.
assert.match(code, /while\s*\(\s*input\s*>\s*0\s*\)\s*\{\s*input\s*=\s*0\s*;?\s*\}/);
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<title>Decimal to Binary Converter</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css" />
</head>
<body>
<h1>
Decimal to Binary
Converter
</h1>
<section class="input-container">
<label for="number-input">Enter a decimal number:</label>
<input
value=""
type="number"
name="decimal number input"
id="number-input"
class="number-input"
/>
<button class="convert-btn" id="convert-btn">Convert</button>
</section>
<section class="output-container">
<output id="result" for="number-input"></output>
<h2>Call stack</h2>
<div id="animation-container"></div>
</section>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
*,
*::before,
*::after {
box-sizing: border-box;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
:root {
--light-grey: #f5f6f7;
--dark-blue: #1b1b32;
--orange: #f1be32;
}
body {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
align-items: center;
font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Monaco, Liberation Mono, Lucida Console,
monospace;
font-size: 1.125rem;
color: var(--light-grey);
background-color: var(--dark-blue);
padding: 0 4px;
}
h1 {
font-size: 2.125rem;
text-align: center;
margin: 20px 0;
}
h2 {
font-size: 1.5rem;
text-align: center;
margin: 20px 0;
}
.input-container {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
gap: 10px;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
width: clamp(320px, 50vw, 460px);
margin: 10px auto;
}
.input-container label {
white-space: nowrap;
word-spacing: -6px;
}
.convert-btn {
font-size: inherit;
font-family: inherit;
background-color: var(--orange);
width: 100%;
height: 2rem;
padding: 0 6px;
border: none;
border-radius: 2px;
cursor: pointer;
}
.number-input {
font-size: inherit;
padding: 0.3rem;
width: 100%;
}
.output-container {
margin-inline: auto;
width: clamp(320px, 50vw, 460px);
}
#result {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
font-size: 2rem;
text-align: center;
min-height: 80px;
margin-block-start: 20px;
padding: 15px;
border: 2px solid var(--orange);
border-radius: 2px;
}
#animation-container {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column-reverse;
justify-content: end;
gap: 1rem;
margin-block-end: 1rem;
min-height: 40vh;
border: 2px dashed var(--orange);
padding: 1rem;
}
.animation-frame {
font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, avenir next, avenir, segoe ui,
helvetica neue, helvetica, Cantarell, Ubuntu, roboto, noto, arial,
sans-serif;
padding: 15px 10px;
border: 5px solid var(--orange);
font-size: 1.2rem;
text-align: center;
}
@media screen and (min-width: 36em) {
body {
font-size: 1rem;
}
.input-container {
flex-direction: row;
width: unset;
}
.number-input {
width: unset;
}
}
const numberInput = document.getElementById("number-input");
const convertBtn = document.getElementById("convert-btn");
const result = document.getElementById("result");
const decimalToBinary = (input) => {
const inputs = [];
const quotients = [];
const remainders = [];
--fcc-editable-region--
input = 0;
while (input > 0) {
}
--fcc-editable-region--
};
const checkUserInput = () => {
if (
!numberInput.value ||
isNaN(parseInt(numberInput.value)) ||
parseInt(numberInput.value) < 0
) {
alert("Please provide a decimal number greater than or equal to 0");
return;
}
decimalToBinary(parseInt(numberInput.value));
numberInput.value = "";
};
convertBtn.addEventListener("click", checkUserInput);
numberInput.addEventListener("keydown", (e) => {
if (e.key === "Enter") {
checkUserInput();
}
});