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C#

janeporter
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janeporter
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Posted by janeporter
janeporter
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compiler error: Program.cs(14,17): error CS0139: No enclosing loop out of which to break or continue Compilation failed

I'm getting the following error on the first task of the last code challange in c# basics:

Program.cs(14,17): error CS0139: No enclosing loop out of which to break or continue
Compilation failed: 1 error(s), 0 warnings

here is my code for this task:

using System;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            int total = 1;
            Console.Write("Enter the number of times to print \"Yay!\": ");
            string entry = Console.ReadLine();
            int times = int.Parse(entry);
            if (times <= 0)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(times + " is not a valid entry.");
                continue;
            }
            else
            {
                while(total <= times)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Yay!");
                    total += 1;
                }
                Console.WriteLine("You have printed \"Yay!\" " + total + " to the screen.");
            }
        }   
    }
}

what am i doing wrong?

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

:point_right: You have a "continue" statement that is not inside a loop.

It's about halfway down the code, inside the "if". Just remove it.

Once it compiles, you'll notice your loop prints more times than desired. To fix that you can change the comparison in the "while" to be just less-than "<" instead of less-than-or-equal "<=".