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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect if / else if / else

Posted by Jordan Botts
Jordan Botts
1,860 Points

Not sure what is wrong?

I am totally lost on why this is not correct.

CodeChallenge.cs 
string input = Console.ReadLine();
int temperature = int.Parse(input);
if(temperature < 21)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Too cold!");
}
else if(temperature <= 22)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Just right.");
}
else(temperature > 22)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Too hot!");
}

2 Answers

Jarred Miles
Jarred Miles
22,560 Points

Give this a try. ;)

if(temperature < 21)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Too cold!");
}
else if(temperature == 21 || temperature == 22)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Just right.");
}
else
{
    Console.WriteLine("Too hot!");
}
Jordan Botts
Jordan Botts
1,860 Points

Thanks! That worked, although I am still confused as to why mine didn't work. The else if statement should have encompassed both 21 and 22.

Jarred Miles
Jarred Miles
22,560 Points

if you look at your last else statement, the extra (temperature > 22) is not valid syntax for C#. A single else will never have anything after it. So if you were to take that out I'm sure your code would have been fine.

Matthew Farrell
Matthew Farrell
7,215 Points
Matthew Farrell
Matthew Farrell
7,215 Points

else if(temperature <= 22) //Have you tried changing this spot to this ---> (temperature == 22) { Console.WriteLine("Just right."); }