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C#

Posted by unspokenskill
unspokenskill
3,001 Points

C# Basic Code Challenge: Final 1/2

Please I need some help on this challenge.

Challenge Task 1 of 2 Add input validation to the below program by printing "You must enter a whole number." if the user enters a decimal or something that isn’t a number. Wrap all of the code contained in the Main method in a try/catch block The catch block should catch FormatException exceptions Inside of the catch block, output to the console the message "You must enter a whole number."

No errors when it was compiled but getting a bummer,

Bummer: Did you catch FormatException thrown by int.Parse using a try/catch block?

using System;
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");
            string input = Console.ReadLine();

            int count = int.Parse(input);

            int i = 0;
            while(i < count)
            {
                try
                {
                    i += 1;  
                }
                catch(FormatException)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("You must enter a whole number.");
                    continue;
                }

                Console.WriteLine("Yay!");
            }
        }
    }
}

2 Answers

Allan Clark
Allan Clark
10,810 Points
Allan Clark
Allan Clark
10,810 Points

The int.Parse call is what you are try/catch-ing. So you should just need to move that line into the try block. 

try
{
       int count = int.Parse(input);
       i += 1;  
}
unspokenskill
unspokenskill
3,001 Points

Thanks Allan, unfortunately I get an error since the variable count is move inside the while statement. Please see the error and the updated code below.

Program.cs(11,23): error CS0103: The name `count' does not exist in the current context
Compilation failed: 1 error(s), 0 warnings

using System;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");
            string input = Console.ReadLine();

            int i = 0;
            while(i < count)
            {
                try
                {
                    int count = int.Parse(input);
                    i += 1;
                }
                catch(FormatException)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("You must enter a whole number.");
                    continue;
                }
                Console.WriteLine("Yay!");
            }
        }
    }
}
unspokenskill
unspokenskill
3,001 Points
unspokenskill
unspokenskill
3,001 Points

Ok. I got the answer. Below is the code:

using System;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            try
            {
                Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");
                string input = Console.ReadLine();

                int count = int.Parse(input);

                int i = 0;
                while(i < count)
                {
                    i += 1;   
                    Console.WriteLine("Yay!");
                }
            }
            catch(FormatException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("You must enter a whole number.");
            }
        }
    }
}