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C#

David Murumbi
David Murumbi
1,442 Points
Posted by David Murumbi
David Murumbi
1,442 Points

What is wrong with my code??? Error: ... runningTotal does not exist in this context

using System;

namespace Treehouse.FitnessFrog

{ class Program { static void Main() { int runnningTotal = 0; bool KeepGoing = true;

        while (KeepGoing)
        {    
            Console.Write("Enter the number of minutes you have exercised or type 'quit' to exit:  ");
            string input = Console.ReadLine();

            if (input == "quit")
            {
               KeepGoing = false;

            }

            else
            {

                int minutes = int.Parse(input);
                runningTotal = runningTotal + minutes;


                Console.WriteLine("You've exercised for " + runningTotal + "   minutes"); 
            }




        }

        Console.ReadLine("GoodBye");



    }
}

}

Kevin Gates
Kevin Gates
14,887 Points
Kevin Gates
Kevin Gates
14,887 Points

I reformated your code to read more easily:

using System;

namespace Treehouse.FitnessFrog
{ 
 class Program 
 { static void Main() 
  { int runnningTotal = 0;
    bool KeepGoing = true;

        while (KeepGoing)
        {    
            Console.Write("Enter the number of minutes you have exercised or type 'quit' to exit:  ");
            string input = Console.ReadLine();

            if (input == "quit")
            {
               KeepGoing = false;
            }
            else
            {
                int minutes = int.Parse(input);
                runningTotal = runningTotal + minutes;
                Console.WriteLine("You've exercised for " + runningTotal + "   minutes"); 
            }
        }

        Console.ReadLine("GoodBye");
    }
  }
}

2 Answers

Kevin Gates
Kevin Gates
14,887 Points
Kevin Gates
Kevin Gates
14,887 Points

The reason it's wrong is the first "runningTotal" is misspelled and you have 3 n's.

Should be this:

using System;

namespace Treehouse.FitnessFrog
{ 
 class Program 
 { static void Main() 
  { int runningTotal = 0;
    bool KeepGoing = true;

        while (KeepGoing)
        {    
            Console.Write("Enter the number of minutes you have exercised or type 'quit' to exit:  ");
            string input = Console.ReadLine();

            if (input == "quit")
            {
               KeepGoing = false;
            }
            else
            {
                int minutes = int.Parse(input);
                runningTotal = runningTotal + minutes;
                Console.WriteLine("You've exercised for " + runningTotal + "   minutes"); 
            }
        }

        Console.ReadLine("GoodBye");
    }
  }
}
David Murumbi
David Murumbi
1,442 Points
David Murumbi
David Murumbi
1,442 Points

oops! I guess it was just a silly mistake... Thanks a lot appreciate the fast response!

Kevin Gates
Kevin Gates
14,887 Points
Kevin Gates
Kevin Gates
14,887 Points

No worries. You're welcome. @David Murumbi, would you mind marking my answer as "Best Answer" so that others can benefit more easily?

Thanks!