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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Final

Edward Hwang
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Edward Hwang
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Posted by Edward Hwang
Edward Hwang
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Code does not compile - error CS0029

using System;

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

        int number =  Console.ReadLine();

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

} This is my code, but it doesn't compile because of a warning and an error that I don't understand. Help please!!

Program.cs 
using System;

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

            int number =  Console.ReadLine();

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

1 Answer

Samuel Ferree
Samuel Ferree
31,722 Points
Samuel Ferree
Samuel Ferree
31,722 Points

Console.ReadLine() returns a string, and you are assigning that value to an integer variable.

Try this

int number = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());