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

Posted by Tristan Johnson
Tristan Johnson
Courses Plus Student 3,022 Points

C# Basics if/else if/else Compile Error

Getting a compile error when trying to compile on this lesson:

(1,12): error CS1525: Unexpected symbol .', expecting,', ;', or='

Here is the code:

using System;

namespace Treehouse.FitnessFrog {
class Program { static void Main() { int runningTotal = 0; bool keepGoing = true;

    while (keepGoing)
    {
      // Prompt the user for minutes exercised
      Console.Write("Enter how many minutes you exercised or type \"quit\" to exit: ");
      string entry = Console.ReadLine();

      if (entry == "quit")
        {
          keepGoing = false;
        }
      else
      {
      int minutes = int.Parse(entry);

      if (minutes <= 10)
      {
        Console.WriteLine("Better than nothing, am I right?");
      }
      else if (minutes <= 30)
      {
        Console.WriteLine("Way to go hot stuff!");
      }
      else if (minutes <= 60)
      {
        Console.WriteLine("You must be a ninja warrior in training!");
      }
      else
      {
        Console.WriteLine("Okay, now you're showing off!");
      }
    }
      runningTotal = runningTotal + minutes;


      // Add minutes exercised to total
      // Display total minutes exercised to the screen

    Console.WriteLine("You've entered " + runningTotal + " minutes");

      // Repeat until user quits
    }

    Console.WriteLine ("Goodbye");
  }

} }

For the life of me, I don't see the error. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

After reconstructing the program parts that were outside of the blockquote, it appears that the only problem was the closing brace of the else was one line out of place. See the NOTE comment added near the bottom:

using System;

namespace Treehouse.FitnessFrog {
    class Program {
        static void Main() {
            int runningTotal = 0; bool keepGoing = true;

            while (keepGoing)
            {
                // Prompt the user for minutes exercised
                Console.Write("Enter how many minutes you exercised or type \"quit\" to exit: ");
                string entry = Console.ReadLine();

                if (entry == "quit")
                {
                    keepGoing = false;
                }
                else
                {
                    int minutes = int.Parse(entry);

                    if (minutes <= 10)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("Better than nothing, am I right?");
                    }
                    else if (minutes <= 30)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("Way to go hot stuff!");
                    }
                    else if (minutes <= 60)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("You must be a ninja warrior in training!");
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("Okay, now you're showing off!");
                    }

                    // Add minutes exercised to total
                    runningTotal = runningTotal + minutes;
                } // <-- NOTE: this line was above the running total

                // Display total minutes exercised to the screen
                Console.WriteLine("You've entered " + runningTotal + " minutes");

                // Repeat until user quits
            }

            Console.WriteLine ("Goodbye");
        }
    }
}