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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Final

Philip Collins
Philip Collins
13,249 Points
Posted by Philip Collins
Philip Collins
13,249 Points

the final challenge

Why isn't my code running?

Program.cs 
using System;

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

                string entry = Console.ReadLine();

                if ( entry.ToLower = "quit") 
                {
                    break;
                }
                try
                {
                    int printTimes = int.Parse(entry);
                    int count = 0;
                    if(printTimes < 0 )
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("This is an invalid input.");
                        continue;
                    }
                    while(printTimes != count)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("Yay!");
                        count += 1;
                        continue;
                    }                    
                }
                catch(FormatException)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Invalid Input, Please input a whole number.");
                    continue;
                }
            }

        }
    }
}
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

with if ( entry.ToLower = "quit") , the = is assignment rather than an equality test (==). Plus ToLower is a method call, requiring (). There's still stuff wrong. I'll check it out and hopefully give you a full answer.

1 Answer

Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

it accepts:

using System;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");
            string value = Console.ReadLine();            
            try {
                int printTimes = int.Parse(value);
                if(printTimes<0)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("You must enter a positive number.");
                } else {                
                  for(int i = 0; i < printTimes; i++)
                  {
                      Console.WriteLine("Yay!");    
                  }
                }                
            } catch (FormatException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("You must enter a whole number.");
            }
        }
    }
}