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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Final

Zexiao Li
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Zexiao Li
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Posted by Zexiao Li
Zexiao Li
Courses Plus Student 695 Points

Program.cs(10,12): error CS1525: Unexpected symbol `{' Compilation failed: 1 error(s), 0 warnings

I don't know what is the error, please help me pass this one!:)

Program.cs 
using System;
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");
            string num = Console.ReadLine();
            int i = int.Parse(num);
            While (i > 0)
            {
                Console.Write("Yay!");
                i = i - 1;
            }

        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Luc de Brouwer
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Luc de Brouwer
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 17,939 Points
Luc de Brouwer
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Luc de Brouwer
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 17,939 Points

Hi Zexiao Li,

You made a typo with your while loop. I must reminder you that any of the reserved c# keywords are case sensitive and must be written in lowercase in order to let the compiler know you are referring c# syntax.

So if you change While to while your code works.