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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Final

Posted by Trey Hopkins
Trey Hopkins
7,544 Points

I cannot seem to figure this one out, I dont know If im missing something or not.

Should I have a while(true)? When I place continue inside the first if statement i get error CS0139. I dont get what I need to do, maybe the question is really confusing me.

Program.cs 
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);
         if(count < 0)
         {

         }

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

        }

      }
    }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

Are you working on task 1 or 2? If it's task 1, you've got the wrong error message: The challenge says, " Bummer! I entered 2.5. I expected "You must enter a whole number.", but got "You must enter a positive number." instead."

If you're working on task 2, the task 1 code should still be there to check for non-whole numbers, but you'll need to add some more code to check if the number entered is positive or not and then show a different error message (the one you have above) if not. Right now, the challenge says, "Bummer! I entered -1, but nothing was printed out"