Why is this an issue?

A for loop with a stop condition that can never be reached, such as one with a counter that moves in the wrong direction, will run infinitely. While there are occasions when an infinite loop is intended, the convention is to construct such loops as while loops. More typically, an infinite for loop is a bug.

How to fix it

Code examples

Noncompliant code example

for (var i = 0; i < strings.length; i--) { // Noncompliant
  //...
}

Compliant solution

for (var i = 0; i < strings.length; i++) {
  //...
}

Resources

Documentation

• Integer overflow