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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Final

Hunter Gass
Hunter Gass
4,878 Points
Posted by Hunter Gass
Hunter Gass
4,878 Points

I'm not sure where to put the "catch" to tell the user they didn't enter a whole number.

having trouble with try/catch, any help is appreciated! thank you.

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();
                    catch()
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("You must enter a whole number.");
                    }

                    int count = int.Parse(input);

                    int i = 0;
                    while(i < count)
                    {
                        i += 1;   
                        Console.WriteLine("Yay!");
                    }
                }
            }
    }
}

2 Answers

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

The "catch" should come after the "try" instead of being inside it.

Also, while it's not a technical issue, you might want to remove that extra set of nested braces to improve readability.

Fredrik Rönnehag
Fredrik Rönnehag
2,342 Points
Fredrik Rönnehag
Fredrik Rönnehag
2,342 Points

Think of it like an if-else statement.

try { The code inside these blocks }

catch { The error if the code inside the try blocks couldn't run. }