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Counting Down

Decrementing loops

To count backwards, start high and decrement:

for i := 5; i > 0; i-- {
    fmt.Println(i)
}
fmt.Println("Liftoff!")

This prints $5$ , $4$ , $3$ , $2$ , $1$ , then "Liftoff!". The condition i > 0 keeps the loop running while i is positive. Decrementing loops are useful for countdowns or processing arrays in reverse.