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Start your free trialJipson Thomas
1,502 Pointserror CS0029: Cannot implicitly convert type `int' to `string'
Couldn't find the error
using System;
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");
string line = Console.Read();
try
{
var nolop = Int32.Parse(line);
var i = 0;
while(nolop > i)
{
Console.Write(" \"Yay!\"");
i++;
}
}
catch (FormatException)
{
Console.Write("{0} is not an integer", line);
// Return? Loop round? Whatever.
}
}
}
}
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,236 PointsThe function "Console.Read()
" returns a single character, represented as an integer code value.
You probably want "Console.ReadLine()
", which returns an entire line as a string.
string line = Console.ReadLine();
Otherwise, good job! This is one of the tougher challenges, based on the frequency of posts about it.
Happy coding! -sp
Jipson Thomas
1,502 PointsJipson Thomas
1,502 PointsThank you Steven. Unfortunately, still it gives me the error Bummer! Your code could not be compiled. Please click on "Preview" to view the compiler errors.
Program.cs(8,35): error CS0029: Cannot implicitly convert type
int' to
string' Compilation failed: 1 error(s), 0 warningsSteven Parker
231,236 PointsSteven Parker
231,236 PointsThat's the difference between Console.Read and Console.ReadLine. The first returns int, and the second returns string.
I guarantee that you will not see that error once you have changed that line.