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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Final

Posted by Prentiss Rhodes
Prentiss Rhodes
Courses Plus Student 470 Points

Else statement is not printing.

I'm working on getting the program to print out a statement when the 'else' condition is entered, but it prints nothing to the screen. Here's the section of code:

int numberValue = 1;
                try 
                {
                    int numberYay = int.Parse(numberEntry);                        
                    while (numberValue <= numberYay)
                    {     
                      if (numberYay >=1)
                      {
                        Console.WriteLine("Yay!");
                         numberValue += 1;
                      }
                        else 
                        {
                            Console.WriteLine("Please enter a positive number.");
                            break;
                        }

                    }  

                }
Program.cs 
using System;

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


            int numberValue = 1;
                try 
                {
                    int numberYay = int.Parse(numberEntry);                        
                    while (numberValue <= numberYay)
                    {     
                      if (numberYay >=1)
                      {
                        Console.WriteLine("Yay!");
                         numberValue += 1;
                      }
                        else 
                        {
                            Console.WriteLine("Please enter a positive number.");
                            break;
                        }

                    }  

                }
                catch(FormatException)
                    {
                      Console.WriteLine("You must enter a whole number. ");  
                    }
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points
Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points

If I read this correctly:

// this will ONLY run WHILE numberValue <= numberYay
// the else-statement looks miss-placed
while (numberValue <= numberYay)  // while 'true'
{     
  if (numberYay >=1) // if 'everything is okay'
  {
    Console.WriteLine("Yay!"); // print 'Yay!'
    numberValue += 1;  // then increment
  }
  else 
  {
    // you don't want this message when it's done printing 'Yay!'
    Console.WriteLine("Please enter a positive number.");
    break;
  }
}
Prentiss Rhodes
Prentiss Rhodes
Courses Plus Student 470 Points

Thank you!! I changed the 'else' to an 'if' and moved it outside of the 'try' statement and it worked.