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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Final

James King
James King
3,670 Points
Posted by James King
James King
3,670 Points

I'm stuck, once again

I'm using my "Fitness Frog" syntax as a guide but still can't seem to figure out why I'm getting the

CS0139: No enclosing loop out of which to break or continue

error.

Please help?

Program.cs 
using System;

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

            if (times == 0)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("No value entered.");
                continue;
            }
            else if (times >= 1)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Yay!");            
            }
            else
            {
            }
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points
Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points

Hi James,

Disclaimer: I've never written a line of C# in my life.

To solve the error you're seeing:

continue is a keyword used to break out of a loop, like a for loop. You're not inside a loop which is why continue is throwing an error. You're inside an if, else statement, so if the condition is met, "no value entered" will be written to the console, and then the program will move on past the else statements. There's no need to explicitly tell the program to skip those (I assume that's what you were trying to do with continue). So to solve this, simply remove the continue line.

To solve the challenge (part 1)

You need a for loop if the user gave you a number. Let's say they gave you 5. You'll have to print out "Yay!" five times. If you remember for loops (I just googled them :), the syntax goes like this:

for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
    Console.WriteLine("Yay!")
}

You don't want to hard code in a 5, of course - use the number given by the user.

Let me know if you have trouble taking it from here!

Cheers :beers:

-Greg