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Start your free trialSergey Odintsov
1,071 PointsChallenge checker doesn't except my code, yet it works in console
Tester says "Bummer! System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: String. See output for stack trace."
using System;
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
var numberWritten = 0;
while (true)
{
Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");
var entry = Console.ReadLine();
try
{
var repeat = int.Parse (entry);
while (true)
{
if (numberWritten < repeat)
{
Console.WriteLine("Yay!");
numberWritten += 1;
}
else
{
break;
}
}
}
catch (FormatException)
{
Console.WriteLine("You must enter a whole number.");
continue;
}
break;
}
}
}
}
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,236 PointsBe careful about testing a challenge in an external REPL.
If you have misunderstood the challenge, it's also very likely that you will misinterpret the results.
In this case, you have added an extra loop that prevents the program from ending if bad values are entered..
A program that follows the challenge instructions will only ask for input one time, and either print "Yay!"s or an error message. But either way it should end.
Sergey Odintsov
1,071 PointsThanks! I guess I have overdone the challenge a bit :)
Sergey Odintsov
1,071 PointsSergey Odintsov
1,071 PointsSystem.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: String at System.Number.StringToNumber (System.String str, System.Globalization.NumberStyles options, System.Number+NumberBuffer& number, System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo info, System.Boolean parseDecimal) [0x00054] in /builddir/build/BUILD/mono-4.8.0/mcs/class/referencesource/mscorlib/system/number.cs:1074 at System.Number.ParseInt32 (System.String s, System.Globalization.NumberStyles style, System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo info) [0x00014] in /builddir/build/BUILD/mono-4.8.0/mcs/class/referencesource/mscorlib/system/number.cs:745 at System.Int32.Parse (System.String s) [0x00000] in /builddir/build/BUILD/mono-4.8.0/mcs/class/referencesource/mscorlib/system/int32.cs:120 at Treehouse.CodeChallenges.Program.Main () [0x00012] in :0 at MonoTester.Run () [0x00197] in MonoTester.cs:125 at MonoTester.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00013] in MonoTester.cs:28