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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Final

Emmanuel Oduja
Emmanuel Oduja
7,198 Points

Does not exist in the current context?? I don't understand where I went wrong.

I believe I am using the Try/Catch exceptions properly. Can anyone assist me with what the problem may be?

Program.cs
using System;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Program
    {
      static void Main()
        { 
            try
            {
            Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");
            string input = Console.ReadLine();
            counter = int.Parse(input);
            }
            catch(FormatException c)
            {
                Console.Write("You must enter a whole number.");
            }

            int i = 0;
            while(i < counter)
            {
                i += 1;   
                Console.WriteLine("Yay!");
            }
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

It doesn't look like "counter" is ever declared.

Also, you probably don't want to encounter the loop after an exception occurs, so you might want to move it into the "try" block.