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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Final

J o
J o
1,281 Points
Posted by J o
J o
1,281 Points

Why doesn't my code work, 'int' does contain a definition for 'parse', what does this mean?

I don't understand why this error has occurred I've googled it, but the only thing that I found relating to the issue was that it may have to do with data types in which I don't see any issue!

Program.cs 
using System;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            //Prompts user to enter number of times it want the computer to say yay
            Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");

            //Variables to be used 
            string number; 
            int count;

            //Takes the number that the user entered 
            number = Console.ReadLine();

            //Change the entered value into an int 
            count = int.parse(number);

            //Print yay to the screen the specified number of times 
            while(count>0){
            Console.Write("Yay!");
                count = count -1;
            }

        }
    }
}

4 Answers

Sam Baines
Sam Baines
4,315 Points
Sam Baines
Sam Baines
4,315 Points

Hi Jeremiah - I think its because the you have a slight typo for the Parse task. Also you can simplify code like follows:

using System;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            //Prompts user to enter number of times it want the computer to say yay
            Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");

            //Variables to be used 
            int count = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());  //Make sure you use a Capital 'P' for Parse

            //Also sometimes you can use int32.Parse instead too

            //Print yay to the screen the specified number of times 
            while(count>0){
            Console.Write("Yay!");
                count = count -1;
            }

        }
    }
}

Hope this helps.

J o
J o
1,281 Points
J o
J o
1,281 Points

Wow Silly mistake, Thank you Sam & Alexandre!

Alexandre C.
Alexandre C.
1,245 Points
Alexandre C.
Alexandre C.
1,245 Points

Yup, the only problem is the lowcase 'p' for Parse. Try it in capitals.

Alexandre C.
Alexandre C.
1,245 Points
Alexandre C.
Alexandre C.
1,245 Points

No that silly... I think it's very common to forget the way to write code, luckely Visual Studio auto-correct our code in real time, at least for noobs like us ;)

What I personally do is to re-read the code slowly before I run it. Because I am still learning that's useful to better understand the code, and to avoid this kind of mistakes.

Keep on with the good work!