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535 Pointsno understanding of question
I have written this code:
but it say " Try again "
I want to know where is my mistake
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 counter = 0;
int times = int.Parse(input);
while (true)
{
counter += 1;
Console.WriteLine("Yay!");
if (counter == times)
{
break;
}
}
Console.WriteLine(counter);
}
catch (FormatException)
{
Console.WriteLine("You must enter a whole number.");
}
}
}
}
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,236 PointsThe way the loop is constructed, it will always output one time before testing the count. So imagine if the number entered was 0. When you re-arrange how the testing is done, you might want to consider placing the test in the conditional part of the while
statement itself.
Also, the instructions don't ask for the count to be printed, that could cause trouble with the validation.