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C# C# Streams and Data Processing Parsing Data Working with Enums

Nicholas Inverno
Nicholas Inverno
5,430 Points
Posted by Nicholas Inverno
Nicholas Inverno
5,430 Points

I need help

I keep getting this error:

Program.cs(27,41): error CS1525: Unexpected symbol values' Program.cs(27,50): error CS1026: Unexpected symbol,', expecting )' Program.cs(27,71): error CS1026: Unexpected symbol)', expecting `)' Compilation failed: 3 error(s), 0 warnings

I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. Can anyone help me?

Program.cs 
using System;
using System.IO;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main(string[] arg)
        {
        }

       public static WeatherForecast ParseWeatherForecast(string[] values)
       {
            var weatherForecast = new WeatherForecast();
            weatherForecast.WeatherStationId = values[0];
            DateTime timeOfDay;
            if (DateTime.TryParse(values[1], out timeOfDay))
            {
                weatherForecast.TimeOfDay = timeOfDay;
            }
            Condition condition;
            if (Enum.TryParse(values[2], out condition))
            {
                weatherForecast.Condition = condition;
            }
            var TryParse = new ParseWeatherForecast();
            if (int.TryParse(Temperature values[3], out weatherForecast)
            {
                weatherForcast.Temperature = temperature;
            }
            return weatherForecast;
        }
    }
}
WeatherForecast.cs 
using System;

/* Sample CSV Data 

weather_station_id,time_of_day,condition,temperature,precipitation_chance,precipitation_amount
HGKL8Q,06/11/2016 0:00,Rain,53,0.3,0.03
HGKL8Q,06/11/2016 6:00,Cloudy,56,0.08,0.01
HGKL8Q,06/11/2016 12:00,PartlyCloudy,70,0,0
HGKL8Q,06/11/2016 18:00,Sunny,76,0,0
HGKL8Q,06/11/2016 19:00,Clear,74,0,0
*/

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    public class WeatherForecast
    {
        public string WeatherStationId { get; set; }
        public DateTime TimeOfDay { get; set; }
        public Condition Condition { get; set; }
        public int Temperature { get; set; }
    }

    public enum Condition
    {
        Rain,
        Cloudy,
        PartlyCloudy,
        PartlySunny,
        Sunny,
        Clear
    }
}
Justin Molyneaux
Justin Molyneaux
13,329 Points
Justin Molyneaux
Justin Molyneaux
13,329 Points

Hey Nicholas,

I think you are getting the error because you are missing a ")" near line 27 of your code:

YOUR CODE: 

         var TryParse = new ParseWeatherForecast();
        if (int.TryParse(Temperature values[3], out weatherForecast)

TO FIX add a ")" right at the very end like this: 

 if (int.TryParse(Temperature values[3], out weatherForecast))

Try that and you should get a successful compilation.

1 Answer

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

It looks like you did more than the challenge asked.

Justin makes a good point, but that entire section of code is not part of the tasks asked by the challenge. In fact, both files have things added to them that are not part of this challenge.

I tried the challenge myself, and cut only the parts above that related to the challenge and pasted them in, and it passed just fine.

It looks like you just pasted in something from another question on a similar, but somewhat different challenge. That's not only a bad idea because it's likely to introduce errors as you had here, but you miss a valuable part of the learning experience that you would get by constructing the answer on your own.