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+// Every line starting with a double slash will be ignored by the processing machine,
+// just like these two.
+//
+// Since the square root of 269,696 is approximately 519, we create a variable named "n"
+// and give it this value.
+  n = 519
+
+// The while-condition is in parentheses
+// * is for multiplication
+// % is for modulo operation
+// != is for "not equal"
+  while ( ((n * n) % 1000000) != 269696 )
+    n = n + 1
+
+// n is incremented until the while-condition is met, so n should finally be the
+// smallest positive integer whose square ends in the digits 269,696. To see n, we
+// need to send it to the monitoring device (named console).
+  console.log(n)