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    copied!<p>I can't seem to figure out why my for loop is not working. I have been on the for about an hour now and the closest I have come is this. I'm trying to find out how many McNuggets you can buy using the 6, 9, and 20 packs. All I need dopeChecker(x) to do is return a true or a false. I haven't implemented check the next number yet because it wont even find that a 6 pack can be bought yet. I know it's in the loop somewhere but I just can't find out where. This is form the MIT open course ware problem 2. I don't know if you guys have seen it but I'm just letting you know this is where I'm getting my info. </p> <pre><code>int x = 0, y = 0, z = 0;// These will the the pack of McNuggets that we can buy. int testFor = 0; //This will be the number of McNuggets we are looking for. int matches = 0; //This will be the number of consecutive matches we will be looking for. public void dopeEquation(){ while (matches &lt; 6){//It's 6 Because that is the smallest order of nuggets we can buy. //Looking for smaller nuggets then we can buy would not make sense. while (testFor &lt; 6){ testFor++; } if (dopeChecker(testFor)){ matches++; } else{ matches = 0; System.out.println(x + "," + y +"," + z +"," + testFor + "," + matches); } } } private boolean dopeChecker(int testFor){ for ( x = 0 ; x*6 &lt;= testFor; x++){ for ( y = 0 ; y*9 &lt;= testFor; y++){ for (z = 0 ; z*20 &lt;= testFor;){ System.out.println(x + "," + y +"," + z +"," + testFor + "," + matches); if (x*6 + y*9 + z*20 == testFor){ matches++; System.out.println("match"); return true; }else{ System.out.println("no match"); } } } } return false; } } </code></pre>
 

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