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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Final

Chris M
Chris M
592 Points
Posted by Chris M
Chris M
592 Points

While loop refuses to acknowledge break command.

Just trying to make it do the command until a value reaches 0. However, it never seems to stop and goes on forever.

Program.cs 
using System;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {

          Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");
           // parse the amount of times you want yay printed out
          var ToRpeat = Console.ReadLine();

          // make this all one massive while loop
          while (true)
          {
              // Catching entries that aren't numbers here
           try
            { 
             var total = int.Parse(ToRpeat);
           // while loop starts here


                // Display Yay and then sutract 1 from var 'total'
                Console.WriteLine ("Yay!");
               total -=1;
              if (total == 0)
              {
                break;
              }
            }

          catch(FormatException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("That is not a valid input.");
                continue;
            }

          }
        }
    }
}

2 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

Because the line var total = int.Parse(ToRpeat); is inside the loop at the top, your count is always reset at he start of every loop and there is no way for it to reach 0 and break out (unless you enter 1).

Chris M
Chris M
592 Points
Chris M
Chris M
592 Points

Well now I feel incredibly silly! Thanks so much for your help! Works like a charm now.