stuck on a code challenge

Question

i know that the code attached is wrong but i have tried a few different approaches not to succeed.  i am not sure how to go about printing a string using an int that comes from the input
```Program.cs
using System;
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            bool zz = true;
            while (zz)
            {
        Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");
        int entry;
        entry = Console.ReadLine();
        if (entry == string)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("not a valid input");
            zz = false;
        }
        else if (entry <= 0)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("not a valid input");
            continue;
        }
        else if (entry > 0)
        {
            Console.Write();
        }
        }
    }
}
}
```

Jon Wood · Answer

A couple of things I see:
- In this line - if (entry == string), the compiler won't let you explicitly check a variable against a type (there are a few ways to do this, though (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/983030/type-checking-typeof-gettype-or-is)).
- Also, you need to parse the entry from a string to an int in order to do the other if statements. You can use int.Parse (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1019793/how-can-i-convert-string-to-int) for that.
Hope that helps, but let me know if you need more help!

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