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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Final

Helmuts Reinis
Helmuts Reinis
1,021 Points
Posted by Helmuts Reinis
Helmuts Reinis
1,021 Points

Not sure why it worked, but it worked, but i think this code can be made shorter... any syggestions?

Any suggestions?

Program.cs 
using System;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");
            var counter = 0;
            string times = Console.ReadLine();


            try
            {

                var totals = int.Parse(times);
                if (int.Parse(times) <= 0)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("You must enter a positive number.");
                }
                while (counter < totals)
                {
                    Console.Write("\"Yay\"! ");
                    counter += 1;
                }
            }

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

            Console.ReadLine();

        }
    }
}

2 Answers

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

:+1: You seem to have covered the requirements pretty concisely — good job.

I don't see anything spurious or redundant in your code.

One other suggestion, since you've assigned the result to a variable you don't need to call int.Parse more than once. So instead of this:

                var totals = int.Parse(times);
                if (int.Parse(times) <= 0)

You could write this:

                var totals = int.Parse(times);
                if (totals <= 0)
Helmuts Reinis
Helmuts Reinis
1,021 Points
Helmuts Reinis
Helmuts Reinis
1,021 Points

Well, this is great... did't think it would be this simple :D