Count down in twos
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Count down in twos
n starts at 10. Print 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 using a while loop.
The step does not have to be 1. Check where it stops: from 10 taking 2 each time, the value after 2 is 0, and 0 > 0 is false — so 0 is never printed.
n starts at 10. Print 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 using a while loop.
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