i need help

Question

i am kept getting errors , where did i go wrong

Program.cs

using System;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            try
            {
                int amount = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
                Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");
                int counter = 1;
                while (amount >= counter)
                {
                    String type = amount.GetType().ToString();

                    if (type == "System.Double")
                    {
                        Console.Write("You must enter a whole number");
                    }
                    Console.WriteLine("Yay!");
                    counter++;
                }
            }
            catch (FormatException)
            {
                Console.Write("You must enter a whole number");
            }
        }
    }
}

Answer 1 · 2017-11-16T04:08:47Z

November 16, 2017 4:08am

Here's a couple of hints:

write out the prompt before you read in the answer
since the try/catch will detect bad input when the "int.Parse" fails, you don't need to test the type directly

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