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Start your free trialJason Loomis
Courses Plus Student 3,126 PointsRunning total no longer running the total? The app is running but the total is no longer adding minutes.
using System;
namespace Treehouse { class Program { static void Main() { int runningTotal = 0; bool keepGoing = true;
while (keepGoing)
{
// Prompt user for minutes exercised
Console.Write("Enter how many minutes you exercised or type \"quit\" to exit: ");
string entry = Console.ReadLine();
if (entry == "quit")
{
keepGoing = false;
}
else
{
int minutes = int.Parse(entry);
if (minutes <= 10)
{
Console.WriteLine("Better than nothing, am I right?");
}
else if (minutes <= 30)
{
Console.WriteLine("Way to go hot stuff!");
}
else if (minutes <= 60)
{
Console.WriteLine("You must be a ninja warrior in training!");
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Okay, now you're just showing off!");
}
// Add minutes exercised to total
runningTotal = runningTotal + minutes;
// Display total mintues exercised to the screen
Console.WriteLine("You've entered " + entry + " minutes");
}
// Repeat until user quits
}
Console.WriteLine("Goodbye");
}
}
}
2 Answers
Steven Parker
231,210 PointsCongrats on fixing your own issue!
Jason Loomis
Courses Plus Student 3,126 PointsI found the problem, forgot to change line 48 entry to runningTotal.