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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Final

Lars Segelke
Lars Segelke
3,049 Points
Posted by Lars Segelke
Lars Segelke
3,049 Points

Whats wrong?

I get this error, but I don´t know what is wrong.

Program.cs(11,23): error CS1525: Unexpected symbol i', expecting.' Program.cs(11,44): error CS1525: Unexpected symbol )', expecting;' or `}' Compilation failed: 2 error(s), 0 warnings

It says The "i" in the ReadLine is wrong, but that is not possible. Also it says The ")" is wrong, but a ";" or a "}" doesn´t make sense :(

Program.cs 
using System;

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

            var times = Console.ReadLine();

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

1 Answer

James Churchill
STAFF
James Churchill
Treehouse Teacher
James Churchill
James Churchill
Treehouse Teacher

Lars,

Looking at loop syntax, it looks like you're trying to use a for loop, but you're using the while keyword instead of the for keyword. Replacingwhilewithforwill resolve your current error. But then you'll get a new compiler error because you're trying to compare the return value from theReadLine` method, which is a string, to an integer.

If you wanted to use a while loop, you could rewrite your code like this:

using System;

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

            var times = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
            int i = 0;

            while (i < times)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Yay!");
                i++;
            }
        }
    }
}

Thanks ~James