While loop is terminating too early

[jumpsworthnow]

Hello,

I am having trouble returning the correct values for my while loop.

The loop is supposed take in a value n and loop through "num times," if n > 1 then sum that value with the previous n and increment k to continue looping. However, if the n is ever 1 then the sum becomes 1 (sum = 1), but the statement should continuing looping until it has reached num times and then return sum=1.

My is issue is that loop terminates when it reaches 1 and returns 1 instead of completing the loop.

Is there a way to do this?

Thank you.

[Gribouillis]

My is issue is that loop terminates when it reaches 1 and returns 1 instead of completing the loop.

Can you post the code? Without the code, the error is very difficult to diagnose.

[Plyth]

“Agreed with Grenouilles seeing the code would help a lot. From your description, it sounds like your loop might have an early exit when n 1, instead of just updating the sum and continuing. Post your code so we can spot where it’s breaking!”

[walterliz]

Use a separate loop counter