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C#

spin
spin
3,205 Points
Posted by spin
spin
3,205 Points

C# Final: CS1525: Unexpected symbol `}' error

I can't seem to shake this error: CS1525: Unexpected symbol `}'

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

using System;

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

                if(entry.ToLower() == "quit")
                {
                    break;
                }

                try
                {   
                    var repeat = int.Parse(entry);
                    var x = 0; 

                    if(repeat <= 0)
                    {
                         Console.WriteLine("Enter a Positive Number");
                         continue;
                    }
                    for(x < repeat; x++)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("Yay!");  
                    }
                }                                            
                catch(FormatException)
               {
                 Console.Write("Enter a Positive Number");
                 continue;
               }

            }
        }
    }
}
Joel Brennan
Joel Brennan
18,300 Points
Joel Brennan
Joel Brennan
18,300 Points

Hi,

The 'for' loop doesn't look quite right to me.

Shouldn't it be something like:

for (int x = 0; x < repeat; x++)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Yay!");
}

Missing a semi-colon after your x variable?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,670 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,670 Points

A for loop need 3 clauses, enclosed in parentheses and separated by semicolons, but the one here only has two.

I noticed a few other issues as well:

  • the error messages are not correct and/or are not exactly as the instructions asked
  • there is an extra loop that prevents the program from ending until "quit" is entered

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 validity of the input, and then it will end.