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C#

Mark Libario
Mark Libario
9,003 Points

C# Interactive quiz challenge, how do i create a grade percentage aside from just showing the # of correct answers.

using System;

namespace Interactive.Quiz
{

  class Program 
  {
    static void Main() 
    {
      var correctAnswers = 0;
      var totalQuestions = 5;

      Console.WriteLine ("Welcome to Mark's Interactive Quiz!");
      Console.WriteLine ("To begin with, please input your name.");
      var userName = Console.ReadLine ();
      Console.WriteLine ("Hello, " + userName + ". May the odds be in your favor.");

      Console.WriteLine (" Question #1 : ");
      var userAnswer1 = Console.ReadLine ();


      Console.WriteLine (" Question #2 : ");
      var userAnswer2 = Console.ReadLine ();


      Console.WriteLine (" Question #3 : ");
      var userAnswer3 = Console.ReadLine ();


      Console.WriteLine (" Question #4 : ");
      var userAnswer4 = Console.ReadLine ();


      Console.WriteLine (" Question #5 : ");
      var userAnswer5 = Console.ReadLine ();


      if (userAnswer1.ToLower () == "one")
      {
        correctAnswers ++;
      }
      if (userAnswer2.ToLower () == "two")
      {
        correctAnswers ++;
      }
      if (userAnswer3.ToLower () == "3" ||userAnswer3.ToLower () == "three" )
      {
        correctAnswers ++;
      }
      if (userAnswer4.ToLower () == "four")
      {
        correctAnswers ++;
      }
      if (userAnswer5.ToLower () == "five")
      {
        correctAnswers ++;
      }

      Console.WriteLine ("Your total correct answers: " + correctAnswers + ".");
      Console.WriteLine ("You got a grade of " + (correctAnswers/totalQuestions*100));


    }
  }
}

the last line I wrote, doesnt convert anything to percentage. It just shows 0.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,124 Points

Well, it doesn't always show 0.

If you get everything right, it shows 100. This is because of the integer math operations. Anything divided by something larger than itself will yield 0 in integer math. Then multiplying 0 by 100 is still 0.

So just perform the operations in the other order:

      Console.WriteLine ("You got a grade of " + (correctAnswers*100/totalQuestions));