C#

The process of converting an object into a stream of bytes in order to store the object or transmit it to memory, a database, or a file is Serialization in C# right? i dont have an idea how to do it though...

using System;

class PriceCalc
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        float costPrice = 0.0f;
        float profit;
        float tax;
        float totalCost = 0.0f;
        float totalProfit = 0.0f;
        float totalTax = 0.0f;
        bool finished = false;
        float salePrice;

        string priceString;
        string nameString;
        float taxRate = 0.2f;

        while (!finished)
        {
            Console.Write("Enter the name of the product : ");

            nameString = Console.ReadLine();
            Console.WriteLine("Product is " + nameString);
            if (nameString.Length != 0)
            {
                finished = true;
            }
            else
            {
                bool dataOK = false;
                while (!dataOK)
                {
                    Console.Write("Enter price of the product : ");
                    priceString = Console.ReadLine();
                    try
                    {
                        costPrice = float.Parse(priceString);
                        dataOK = true;
                    }
                    catch
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("That is not a valid number");
                        Console.WriteLine("Enter a number, e.g. 15.5");
                    }
                }

                if (costPrice < 20.0f)
                {
                    profit = costPrice * 0.2f;
                }
                else
                {
                    if (costPrice < 40.0f)
                    {
                        profit = costPrice * 0.15f;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        profit = costPrice * 0.1f;

                    }
                }
                tax = (costPrice + profit) * taxRate;
                totalTax = totalTax + tax;
                totalCost = totalCost + costPrice;
                totalProfit = totalProfit + profit;
                salePrice = costPrice + profit + tax;
            }
        }

        Console.ReadKey();
    }
}

class PriceCalc
{
    static int readInteger (string prompt) 
    {
        Console.WriteLine(prompt);
        // read an int or float from the console, preferably using TryParse.
        priceString = Console.ReadLine();
        return priceString;
    }

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        float costPrice = 0.0f;
        float profit;
        ..and so on

// replace these in your main-method;
Console.Write("Enter price of the product : ");
priceString = Console.ReadLine();
// with this
  priceString = readInteger("Enter price of the product : ");

• The signature states an "int", not a float. Might seem a minor detail, but in the case of calculating money, there's always a devil there.
  
• I would go for Int.TryParse[^].
  
• There's a small bug in there that causes the app to exit after entering a product-name. I'd recommend replacing the "nameString.Lengt != 0" with
  
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  if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(nameString))
  

  
  
• It would probably be helpfull to the end user if you also wrote the results to the screen before exiting
  

static int readInteger (string prompt) 

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If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]