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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Final

Maarten De Kruif
Maarten De Kruif
7,314 Points

must enter positive number

My code is still not working. Who can help me? Thanks in advance.

Program.cs
using System;

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

            int numberCount = 0;
            int userSpecifiedValue = 0;     // added initialization here

            try
            {
                userSpecifiedValue = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
            }
            catch (FormatException fe)
            {

                if(userSpecifiedValue<=0) {
                    Console.WriteLine("You must enter a positive number.");
                } else {
                    Console.WriteLine("You must enter a whole number.");
                }

                //Console.ReadLine();       <- this would confuse the challenge
            }

            //userSpecifiedValue = numberCount;         // do not change the user value!
            while (userSpecifiedValue > numberCount)    // put the loop back in
            {
                //userSpecifiedValue ++;    <- don't increment the user's value
                numberCount++;              // ...increment the counter instead!
                Console.Write("Yay!");
                //Console.ReadLine();       <- this would confuse the challenge
            }



        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

The test for a positive number should be done after the catch block.

That's what I suggested in your previous question.

But you're not doing yourself any favors by starting with another student's code that was bad to begin with and I gave him hints to fix. To get the most learning value from this exercise, you should start the challenge over, and follow the instructions, and write the code yourself. You might manage to make this code pass, but you're just applying "hack-n-slash" techniques to bad code instead of learning how to write good code to start with.