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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Final

bosco dsa
bosco dsa
12,599 Points
Posted by bosco dsa
bosco dsa
12,599 Points

Having trouble with catching the exception on the final challenge

It says "Bummer. Try again." When I run it in workspaces it works perfectly.

Program.cs 
using System;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            while (true) {
                try {
                    var doIt=Int32.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
                    Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");
                    while (doIt!=0) {
                        Console.WriteLine("Yay!");
                        doIt-=1;
                    }
                }
                catch (SystemException) {
                    Console.WriteLine("You must enter a whole number.");
                    continue;
                }

                break;    
            }
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Jason Anello
PLUS
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Bosco,

For this challenge you don't need a loop. So you can take out the while, break, and continue statements. The program should just end if they don't enter a number rather than continually prompt for a number.

The other issue is that you should be a catching a FormatException

I'm not sure if it will affect the challenge but the ReadLine should be after the Write so that the user knows what they're supposed to enter.