Try Catch and if else

Question

Add more input validation to the program by printing "You must enter a positive number." if the user enters a negative number.

Add an if/else conditional statement just after parsing the user's provided input to an integer Write a conditional expression to ensure that the remainder of the code in the try block is only executed if the user provides a non-negative number If the user enters a negative number, output to the console the message "You must enter a positive number." I do the program but hot this error I entered 2.5. I expected "You must enter a whole number.", but got "You must enter a positive number." instead. I have to do both so please help me with that.

Program.cs

using System;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");
            string input = Console.ReadLine();
            try
            {
                int count = int.Parse(input);
                if (count > 0)
                {
                    int i = 0;
                    while (i < count)
                    {
                        i += 1;
                        Console.WriteLine("Yay!");
                        Console.ReadKey();
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (FormatException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("You must enter a positive number.");

            }
        }
    }
}

Answer 1 · 2018-09-11T02:34:13Z

September 11, 2018 2:34am

The "try" and "catch" are for detecting if something other than a whole number is entered (causing the "Parse" to fail). That code should be left as it was after the first task.

The detection of a negative number can be done with an "if" (or "if/else") conditional.

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