2 for loops...dunno why its skipping loop 2

Ok..this is just 2 for loops and I cant figure out why its not even making it into the 2nd loop. I goes from 5 to 0 at --, right? No semicolons in the wrong spot...what the heck?!

Code:

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for(j=0; j<total/6; j++) {  /* loop 1 */
                //radix_total=0;
                for(i=5; i=0; i--) { /* loop 2 */
                        printf("test line");
                        /* its not evening making it into this 2nd loop */
                        fscanf(inputfile, "%d", next_char);
                        printf("next_char has %d\n", next_char);
                        if (next_char == 1)
                                radix_total = radix_total + (int)pow(2, i);

                        }
               
                /* stuff after exiting loop 2 which is working fine */

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any advice appreciated. The radix total line just happened to be commented out when I copied it here. Makes no difference either way.

Your for loop initializes i to 5, and then goes into a loop only if i is 0. This is never true, because you initialized i to 5 and well 5 is not equal to 0. To fix it do something like i != 0 instead.

Ugh...man...I tried i=5; i<-1 and <=0 but that didnt seem to work. Maybe i'm just tired. i != 0 definately helps though so many thanks.

for(i=5; i>0; i--)

or

for(i=5; i>=0; i--)