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Start your free trialRyan Croak
4,884 PointsWhat am I doing wrong I give up.
using System;
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges { class Program { static void Main() { Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");
try {
int numberOfTimes = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
if (numberOfTimes >= 0) {
for (int i=0; i<numberOfTimes; i++) {
Console.WriteLine("\"Yay!\"");
} else {
Console.Write("You must enter a positive number.");
}
else {}
} catch (FormatException) {
Console.Write("You must enter a whole number.");
}
}
}
}
using System;
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");
try {
int numberOfTimes = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
if (numberOfTimes >= 0) {
for (int i=0; i<numberOfTimes; i++) {
Console.WriteLine("\"Yay!\"");
} else {
Console.Write("You must enter a positive number.");
}
else {}
} catch (FormatException) {
Console.Write("You must enter a whole number.");
}
}
}
}
2 Answers
andren
28,558 Pointsif (numberOfTimes >= 0) {
for (int i=0; i<numberOfTimes; i++) {
Console.WriteLine("\"Yay!\"");
} else { // <-- You are missing a closing brace for the `if` statement
Console.Write("You must enter a positive number.");
}
else {} // <-- This `else` statement is redundant and not connected to any `if` statement.
If you add the closing brace, remove the redundant else
and clean up the formatting a bit like this:
using System;
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");
try {
int numberOfTimes = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
if (numberOfTimes >= 0) {
for (int i=0; i<numberOfTimes; i++) {
Console.WriteLine("\"Yay!\"");
}
} else { // <-- Added mising closing brace
Console.Write("You must enter a positive number.");
}
// Removed redundant else statement
} catch (FormatException) {
Console.Write("You must enter a whole number.");
}
}
}
}
Then your code will work.
Ryan Croak
4,884 PointsOk thank you so much Andren