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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Final

Furkan Demirkan
Furkan Demirkan
7,926 Points
Posted by Furkan Demirkan
Furkan Demirkan
7,926 Points

I'm stumped on what's wrong with my code. Anyone else getting the same issue?

I'm pretty sure it should work...

Program.cs 
using System;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");
            int num = Console.Read();
            int i = 0;
            while(i < num){

            Console.WriteLine("Yay!");
            i+=1;
            }
        }
    }
}
Furkan Demirkan
Furkan Demirkan
7,926 Points
Furkan Demirkan
Furkan Demirkan
7,926 Points

also, I have tried using a for loop:

for(int i = 0; i <num; i++) { Console.Write("Yay!"); }

It is possible that I am mixing up some Java without realizing it, but I can't see anywhere I might have gone wrong.

1 Answer

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

:point_right: You may not be interpreting the input correctly.

Your loop itself seems good, but the Console.Read function returns a numeric code representing a single input character. That might not be the intended number of times to repeat.

You might have better results using Console.ReadLine to bring in a complete input line as a string, and then doing something to convert that string into a number to control the loop.

Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points
Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points

I've only touched C# and haven't done any of the courses, but a quick google search will show you the way. Tempted to paste my code solution in here, but Steven's comments will get you on track. (hint: use 'var' not 'int' for ReadLine;).

Furkan Demirkan
Furkan Demirkan
7,926 Points
Furkan Demirkan
Furkan Demirkan
7,926 Points

True, I forgot to parse it to an int. Thank you.