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C# C# Objects Loops and Final Touches Constants

olu adesina
olu adesina
23,007 Points
Posted by olu adesina
olu adesina
23,007 Points

i thought i had answered question, but it saying "Did you change the structure of the 'if / else if / else' statement

Did you change the structure of the 'if / else if / else' statement?

why do i need to change the structure?

CodeChallenge.cs 
const int revenue = 125000;
string status = null;
const int oneHundred_K = 100000;
const int one50_k =  150000;
const string red = "red"
const string yellow = "yellow"
const string green = "green"    

if (revenue < oneHundred_K )
{
    status = red;
}
else if (revenue <one50_k)
{
    status = yellow;
}
else
{
    status = green;
}
fodhil zidane
fodhil zidane
24,020 Points

WE just need to replace the magic numbers and strings with constants (const) and declare them before the if/else statements and those magic numbers and strings with these constants. we can declare them like this:

const int a = 100000; const int b = 150000; const string c = "red"; const string d = "yellow"; const string e = "green";

Then just replace 100000, 150000, "red", "yellow', and "green" with a, b, c, d, and e.

3 Answers

fodhil zidane
fodhil zidane
24,020 Points
fodhil zidane
fodhil zidane
24,020 Points

const int revenue = 125000; string status = null; const int a = 100000; const int b = 150000; const string c ="red"; const string d = "yellow"; const string e = "green";

if (revenue < a) { status = c; } else if (revenue < b) { status = d; } else { status = e; }

olu adesina
olu adesina
23,007 Points
olu adesina
olu adesina
23,007 Points

thanks that worked but what did u do i dont get it explain please

fodhil zidane
fodhil zidane
24,020 Points
fodhil zidane
fodhil zidane
24,020 Points

We deal the constants (const) to be easy to change them once without going through our programs and change the numbers and strings, so it will be easy and time saving when we use constants.

Rajmohan Ganapathi
Rajmohan Ganapathi
1,405 Points
Rajmohan Ganapathi
Rajmohan Ganapathi
1,405 Points

Just remove the space in the if statement "if (revenue < oneHundred_K )" then you will not get the error.