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VEX script crashing 16.5.268 - Mac

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aekorps
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I'm learning Houdini and was copying a VEX script from a Youtube video:

The first 4 lines to vector origin work and create the 3 controls, but when I add the rest, Houdini does nothing and seems to be frozen. If I type the code in the expression window and click Apply, it does the same thing, just hangs.

Am I doing something wrong? Or is this just a bug?

Nvidia GTX980 (driver: 346.03.15f09)
Mac Pro (Early 2009) — 4,1
2 x 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
32GB RAM
macOS 10.11.6 (El Capitan)

//user controls
int sample = chi('sample');
float radius = ch('radius');
vector origin = chv('origin_position');

float TWO_PI = 3.14159 * 2;

float theta = 0;
float step_angle = TWO_PI / (float)sample;

float x, z;
vector pos;

while(theta < TWO_PI) {
	
	x = origin.x + cos(theta) * radius;
	z = origin.z + sin(theta) * radius;

	pos = set(x, origin.y, z);

	addpoint(0, pos);
	
	theta  += step_angle;
}
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Enivob
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Are you running in Detail mode on the wrangle? If not, you are executing the loop for every point in your current geometry?

Also what is the value of sample? If it is 0 then your step_angle will never increase theta and you will end up in an infinite loop.
Using Houdini Indie 20.0
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Enivob
Are you running in Detail mode on the wrangle?

Also what is the value of sample? If it is 0 then your step_angle will never increase theta and you will end up in an infinite loop.

THAT'S what it was, thanks Enivob! Sorry, I'm still new to VEX, but it makes sense now. Thanks for your help!
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