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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Final

Mojisola Sodunke
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Mojisola Sodunke
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Posted by Mojisola Sodunke
Mojisola Sodunke
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C# Basics: Code Challenge 1 of 3 Final. It says Bummer! I entered 5, but saw Yay! printed 6 times, instead of 5 times

using System;

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

        var numberTime = int.Parse(entry);

        int counter = 1;

        while(counter <= numberTime)
        {
            if( numberTime <= 0)
            {
                break;
            }
            else if(numberTime > 0)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Yay!");
                counter += 1;
            }
        }
        Console.WriteLine("You have printed \"Yay!\" " + entry + " times");
        Console.WriteLine("The Program has loop: " + entry + " times");

    }
}

}

Program.cs 
using System;

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

            var numberTime = int.Parse(entry);

            int counter = 1;

            while(counter <= numberTime)
            {
                if(numberTime <= 0 && counter <= 0)
                {
                    break;
                }
                else if(numberTime > 0)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Yay!");
                    counter += 1;
                }
            }
            Console.WriteLine("You have printed \"Yay!\" " + entry + " times");
            Console.WriteLine("The Program has loop: " + entry + " times");

        }
    }
}

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

For best results for all challenges, always do only what the instructions ask for. Anything extra, even if the code is otherwise good, can confuse the validator and cause it not to pass your submitted code.

Happy coding!

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

The instructions didn't ask for any statistics to be printed out. It's probably counting the the word from that line also.