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Start your free trialTojo Alex
Courses Plus Student 13,331 PointsWhat did I do wrong now
I don't know what i did wrong these error's keep on coming:
Program.cs(20,38): error CS1525: Unexpected symbol (', expecting
)' or identifier'
Program.cs(20,73): error CS1525: Unexpected symbol
)'
Compilation failed: 2 error(s), 0 warnings
using System;
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
try{
Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");
string input = Console.ReadLine();
int count = int.Parse(input);
int i = 0;
while(i < count)
{
i += 1;
Console.WriteLine("Yay!");
}
} catch (Console.WriteLine("You must enter a whole number.");)
}
}
}
2 Answers
Allan Clark
10,810 PointsInside the parenthesis of the catch should be the Exception the block is trying to catch. Then you need brackets to tell it what to do when that exception is caught. Try this.
} catch(FormatException e) {
Console.WriteLine("You must enter a whole number.");
}
Tojo Alex
Courses Plus Student 13,331 PointsTojo Alex
Courses Plus Student 13,331 Pointsthanks i only have one problem now and its where i'm placing the { } brackets if you could show your code then i can see what is wrong with my brackets.
Allan Clark
10,810 PointsAllan Clark
10,810 Pointsno problem