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javascriptInfinite loopEasy

Multiplier running forever

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What it should do

stepsToExceed(limit) counts how many times you must double 1 before passing limit, so stepsToExceed(8) returns 4.

What goes wrong

stepsToExceed(8) never returns — the page freezes.

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Hints

This is an infinite loops bug

The tab freezes, nothing prints, and the loop condition never becomes false.

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