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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Final

Maxim Antonenko
Maxim Antonenko
4,353 Points
Posted by Maxim Antonenko
Maxim Antonenko
4,353 Points

Code works correctly on workplace, but there is an error in challenge task

C# Basics, Final step, Challenge Task 2 of 3.

Program.cs 
using System;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
  class Program
  {
    static void Main()
    {
      while(true)
      {
        try
        {
          Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");
          string entry = Console.ReadLine();
          int counter = int.Parse(entry);
          while(counter > 0)
          {
            counter -= 1;
            Console.Write("Yay!");
          }
        }
        catch(FormatException)
        {
          Console.WriteLine("You must enter a whole number.");
          continue;
        }
        break;
      }
    }
  }
}

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

:warning: Be careful about testing a challenge in the workspace.

If you have misunderstood the challenge, it's also very likely that you will misinterpret the results.

In this case, you have an extra outer loop that prevents the program from ever finishing if it gets a bad input. The challenge expects it to output a number of "Yay!"s (or one error message) and then end.