Question

After the execution of the following piece of code, what will be the value of the variable y ?
y = 1
x = 5
while ( x > 1 )
{
y = y + 1
x = x - 1 }
(Hint: First figure out how many times the loop executes. Notice that y gets
one more for each loop.)
The answer is 5. Why?

Answer 1

simple.

x = 5
y = 2

x = 4
y = 3

x = 3
y = 4

x = 2
y = 5

program ends.

Answer 2

now ur dout cleared or not