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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Final

Archie Byard
Archie Byard
774 Points
Posted by Archie Byard
Archie Byard
774 Points

The Code Challenge is saying my code doesn't work when it does

I have been writing programs in Workspaces and then putting them into the Code Challenge as I find Workspaces easier to work with.

However having spent about an hour on the Final Code Challenge I finally cracked it and wrote a working code. However, when I entered it into the Code Challenge it says that Task 1 is no longer working; but it does.

This is really frustrating as I am unable to complete this course.

Program.cs 
using System;

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



         while(true)
         {
         Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");



            int oldYay = 0;


                var entry = Console.ReadLine();

                  try
                  {
                  var yay = int.Parse(entry);

                    if(yay < 0)
                    {
                      Console.WriteLine("You must enter a positive number.");
                      continue;
                    }





          while(true)
          {
              if(yay == oldYay)
                {
                    break;
                }
                else if(yay > oldYay)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Yay!");

                    oldYay += 1;
                }
            }
                  }
                  catch(System.FormatException)
                  {
                    Console.WriteLine("You must enter a whole number.");
                  }



            }
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

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

:warning: Be careful about testing a challenge in the workspace.

If you have misunderstood the challenge, it's also very likely that you will misinterpret the results.

In this case, you have an outer loop that prevents the program from ending. A program conforming to the challenge instructions will prompt and accept input only one time, and will output a number of "Yay!"s or an error message depending on the vapidity of the input, and then it will end.