broken. fw_count and bw_count stay 0 no matter how i attempt to alter them, they do not act as descibed as not needing to be touched as in the description

Thanks a lot! It was really helpful! I have learned a new thing again.

check how to invoke functions without parantheses and you're good to go.

Can someone give a small hint on how to remove %1 or ==0? I'm stuck at 47 characters and this is getting frustraiting. Thanks!

Now I think you need Voile's hint: there is a way to invoke functions without using parenthesis.
Or my hint: sometimes ==0 equals to <1 (only sometimes) and hope you never used %1 in your code ;-)

Ok, thanks - I get it. I have never heard about that "bad". What we need is just turn the page in learning book.

https://www.codewars.com/kata/beginner-reduce-but-grow
To solve this kata, and then to see my "clever" solution. Perhaps you can find some new way for this kata ;-)

What can I do? Will I be getting through?
Now that I must try To leave it all behind..

Reduce only to 50 characters. Where i can bye more powefull evil? And how it smoke ))?

sometimes ==0 equals to <1 (only sometimes) and hope you never used %1 in your code ;-)
is this helpful?

Okay, so you're probably stuck at the last part.

Hint: there is a way to invoke functions without using parenthesis.

well im taking js and c/c++ classes at my high school and im still kinda iffy on the emca6 arrow notation, but i am stuck at 47 characters, im not really sure im a script kiddie, but everyone starts somewhere right?

The hints below are barely subtle at all, but just in case: ==0 cannot save you 3 bytes (from 49 to 46), so you shouldn't worry about that yet.

The first trick involved would be what I'd imagine a script kiddie who self-learns only JS and knows nothing about "best practices" or C syntax would do :P And the second one is very obscure. You'll need the second when you reach 47.