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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Final

Amanda Free
Amanda Free
11,375 Points
Posted by Amanda Free
Amanda Free
11,375 Points

Why is this code running 6 times when it should run 5 times?

Here's my code:

Program.cs 
using System;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");
            var entry = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
            var runningTotal = 0;

           while(runningTotal < entry) {
                Console.Write("Yay!");
                runningTotal += 1;
                }

            Console.Write("You printed \"Yay!\" " + entry + " times!");
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

:point_right: You may be printing more "Yay!"s than you think.

The challenge is counting the output from this line as an additional "Yay!":

            Console.Write("You printed \"Yay!\" " + entry + " times!");

That line isn't part of the challenge anyway, so you can just remove it. In general, be careful not to do more than the challenge asks, that can cause the challenge to fail even it the code works fine in a REPL.