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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Final

Ruslan T
Ruslan T
1,706 Points

Code Throws unexpected Exception

I've done my code for the challenge, but when I try to check it, it gives me this error:

System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: String at System.Number.StringToNumber (System.String str, System.Globalization.NumberStyles options, System.Number+NumberBuffer& number, System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo info, System.Boolean parseDecimal) [0x00054] in /builddir/build/BUILD/mono-4.8.1/mcs/class/referencesource/mscorlib/system/number.cs:1074 at System.Number.ParseInt32 (System.String s, System.Globalization.NumberStyles style, System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo info) [0x00014] in /builddir/build/BUILD/mono-4.8.1/mcs/class/referencesource/mscorlib/system/number.cs:745 at System.Int32.Parse (System.String s) [0x00000] in /builddir/build/BUILD/mono-4.8.1/mcs/class/referencesource/mscorlib/system/int32.cs:120 at Treehouse.CodeChallenges.Program.Main () [0x00010] in <35630bf8787845348d3ead5c0cbbc3e4>:0 at MonoTester.Run () [0x000d5] in /workdir/MonoTester.cs:93

What happened here?

Program.cs
using System;

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

                    int count = int.Parse(input);

                    int i = 0;
                    while(i < count)
                    {
                        i += 1;   
                        Console.WriteLine("Yay!");
                    }
                }
                catch(FormatException)
                {
                   Console.WriteLine("You must enter a whole number.");
                   continue;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

You have an outer loop that prevents the program from ending.

A program built according to the instructions will prompt and accept input one time, and based on the input it will either print "Yay!"s or an error message. Either way, it should end. With the extra loop it never ends.