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C#

Posted by Keanu Barnard
Keanu Barnard
2,018 Points

Error CS0103 : The name minutes does not exist in the current context : Could someone please help with this error

I cannot seem to find how to fix this error could someone please help me thank you

using System; namespace Treehouse.fitnessFrog { class Program { static void Main() { int runningTotal = 0; bool keepGoing = true;

        while(keepGoing) {
           // Prompt user for minutes exercised 
            Console.Write("Enter how many minutes you exercised or type quit to exit ");
            string entry = Console.ReadLine();
            if(entry == "quit")
            {
              keepGoing = false;

            }else{

              try
              {
                int minutes = int.Parse(entry);

                if(minutes <- 0)
              {
                Console.WriteLine("Not Acceptable");
                continue;
              }
              else if(minutes <= 10)// Number 1 
              {
                Console.WriteLine("Better than nothing, am I right ?");
              }
              else if(minutes <= 30) // Number 2
              {
                Console.WriteLine("Your still a shit cunt ngl ");
              }
              else if(minutes <= 60) // Number 3 
              {
                Console.WriteLine("Your doing all right i guess");
              }
              else 
              {
                Console.WriteLine("Cool story bro");
              }
              }
              catch(FormatException)
              {
                  Console.WriteLine("That is not valid");
                  continue;
              }                   
            // Add minutes exercised to total 
            runningTotal = runningTotal + minutes;

            // Display total minutes exercised to the screen 
            Console.WriteLine("You've entered "+ runningTotal + " minutes");

            // Repeat until user quits  
        }


      }
        Console.WriteLine("Goodbye mate"); 
  }

} } //These are meant to be in the code but it doesn't show it , but please still count this is

2 Answers

Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points
Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points

Hi Keanu,

When checking if minutes is lessthan/equal to 0, you used a minus instead of equals. I don't know if this is it, but it is an error.

if(minutes <- 0)

// should be 

if(minutes <= 0)
Keanu Barnard
Keanu Barnard
2,018 Points

Thanks Damien it was a error in my code , but it wasn't the one stopping my code but thanks heaps for pointing it out, i have to analyse my code harder for small mistakes like that haha

Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points
Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points

Ah, sorry I had a brain fade this morning. Was it because you have initialised the variable minutes inside the 'try' statement which makes it a local variable?

Keanu Barnard
Keanu Barnard
2,018 Points
Keanu Barnard
Keanu Barnard
2,018 Points

Its no problem , i moved it just underneath the entry variable

but it still comes up with the same error ?