C# Basics Course: Final - This doesn't seem to work for Step 2 in the Validation, but it works @ www.repl.it

using System;

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

            if(int.TryParse(input, out amount)){
              Console.WriteLine(amount);
            }else{ 
                while(true){
                    Console.WriteLine("You must enter a whole number");
                    input = Console.ReadLine();
                    if(int.TryParse(input, out amount)){
                        break;
                    }
                }

            }

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