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C#

Posted by Gem Knight
Gem Knight
4,779 Points

I need help

I am trying to replicate the TreeHouse frog fitness program in my own way in workspaces. However, I am not sure where and how to do a while loop in my code, so that the code block will repeat until the user types in 'n'. Can anybody please help me.

This is my code so far:

using System; 

  class Program
    {
          static void Main()
            {

            Console.WriteLine("Are you ready to start working out: (y/n)");
            string readyTo = Console.ReadLine();

            if (readyTo == "y")
            {
              Console.WriteLine("Good job! Get ready to workout...");
            }
            else
            {
              Console.WriteLine("Too bad you are working out anyway! So get your towel ready.");
            }

            Console.WriteLine("Start working out....NOW! \nRecord your minutes when ready.");

            Console.WriteLine("How many minutes have you worked out...");
            string minWorkOut = Console.ReadLine();
            int startTime = 0;
            int WorkOut = int.Parse(minWorkOut);
            int totalTime = WorkOut + startTime;
            Console.WriteLine(totalTime + " is how many minutes you have worked out so far.");

            Console.WriteLine("Do you want to add more minutes: (y/n)");
            string answer = Console.ReadLine();

            if (answer == "y")
            {
              Console.WriteLine("Keep up the good work!");
              Console.WriteLine("Record the amount of minutes when you're ready.");
              string amountOM = Console.ReadLine();
              int amountOMI = int.Parse(amountOM);
              totalTime = totalTime + amountOMI;
              Console.WriteLine(totalTime + " is the amount of time you have done now.");
            }
            else
            {
              Console.WriteLine("Alright. bye, thanks for using this program.");
            }




            }
  }

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,274 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,274 Points

You forgot to provide a link to the course, but didn't the course show you how to construct a loop? You might want to go back to the course and see if there's a section about loops you can review.

But about your question, besides needing a loop, I noticed a few other things:

  • you've replicated some code you can re-use in the loop
  • you don't need that startTime variable.
  • you need to add WorkOut to TotalTime
  • you should preset TotalTime to 0 before the loop
  • you need a using System directive for the Console calls you have

You probably want something like this:

using System;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Are you ready to start working out: (y/n)");
        string readyTo = Console.ReadLine();

        if (readyTo == "y")
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Good job! Get ready to workout...");
        }
        else
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Too bad you are working out anyway! So get your towel ready.");
        }

        int totalTime = 0;
        string answer;

        do {
            Console.WriteLine("Start working out....NOW! \nRecord your minutes when ready.");

            Console.WriteLine("How many minutes have you worked out...");
            string minWorkOut = Console.ReadLine();
            int WorkOut = int.Parse(minWorkOut);
            totalTime += WorkOut;
            Console.WriteLine(totalTime + " is how many minutes you have worked out so far.");

            Console.WriteLine("Do you want to add more minutes: (y/n)");
            answer = Console.ReadLine();
        } while (answer != "n");

        Console.WriteLine("Alright. bye, thanks for using this program.");
    }
}