If .. Else problem, please help

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static void Main(string[] args)
       { string continue1 = "yes";



           while (continue1 == "yes")

           {
               Console.WriteLine("your name?:");
               string jmeno = Console.ReadLine();
               Console.WriteLine(jmeno + " is the best!");

               Console.WriteLine("New name? (yes/no)");
               if (continue1 == "yes")

                   continue1 = Console.ReadLine();


               // the following doesn´t work

              else Console.WriteLine("What a shame :(");

           }
           Console.ReadKey();
       }

What I have tried:

I think I don´t properly understand how does "else" work.. otherwise it would have worked :D Please help, I want to learn the way this works :(
I want the program to write "what a shame" when u Write "no" (or anything else - thats how I feel "else" works), but no success, program just stops.

Posted 14-Sep-16 23:39pm

NoobisCoding

Updated 15-Sep-16 0:56am

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pkfox 15-Sep-16 5:49am

What do you mean by it doesn't work ?

NoobisCoding 15-Sep-16 6:01am

I want the program to write "what a shame" when u Write "no" (or anything else - thats how I feel "else" works), but no success, program just stops.

NoobisCoding 15-Sep-16 6:00am

Solution 1 = visual studio debugger doesnt know what do I want so he won´t work..
Solution 2 = tried, still no success .. I wthe program works well when i write "yes", but I want the program to write "what a shame" when u Write no (or anything else - thats how I feel "else" works)

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Solution 2

You should format your if\else like this

C#

if (continue1 == "yes")
{
    continue1 = Console.ReadLine();
}
else
{
    Console.WriteLine("What a shame :(");
}

It avoids ambiguity.

Posted 14-Sep-16 23:51pm

F-ES Sitecore

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NoobisCoding 15-Sep-16 6:09am

unfortunately no success :(

F-ES Sitecore 15-Sep-16 6:33am

There is a logic issue with your code, step through it line by line in the debugger to work out why it is behaving how it is.

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan 15-Sep-16 6:49am

5ed for a good tip.

Solution 5

try this

C#

Console.WriteLine("New name? (yes/no)");
           continue1 = Console.ReadLine();
           if (continue1 == "no")
               Console.WriteLine("What a shame :(");
           else
               continue1 = "yes";

Posted 15-Sep-16 0:56am

Karthik_Mahalingam

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NoobisCoding 15-Sep-16 7:15am

this one is unnecesary... i would have to define "no" + "else" has no loop inside

Karthik_Mahalingam 15-Sep-16 7:20am

ok.

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Patrice T · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-14T23:51:00

You should learn to use the debugger as soon as possible. Rather than guessing what your code is doing, It is time to see your code executing and ensuring that it does what you expect.

The debugger allow you to follow the execution line by line, inspect variables and you will see that there is a point where it stop doing what you expect.
Debugger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[^]
Mastering Debugging in Visual Studio 2010 - A Beginner's Guide[^]

The debugger is here to show you what your code is doing and your task is to compare with what it should do.
When the code don't do what is expected, you are close to a bug.

try to read the answer before the if.

Taucher Christoph · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-15T00:22:00

check the comments i made in the Code

static void Main(string[] args)
       { string continue1 = "yes";
 

 
           while (continue1 == "yes")
 
           {
               Console.WriteLine("your name?:");
               string jmeno = Console.ReadLine();
               Console.WriteLine(jmeno + " is the best!");
 
               Console.WriteLine("New name? (yes/no)");
               continue1 = Console.ReadLine(); //read the user input before checking it with the if statment
               if (continue1 == "yes")
               {
                   //do something hwne the input is yes or in this case repeat the loop
               }
              else Console.WriteLine("What a shame :(");
 
           }
           Console.ReadKey();
       }

NoobisCoding · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-15T00:48:00

OK this is how it works.. but why does it work even when i left if { } EMPTY? :o

C#

static void Main(string[] args)


        {
            string continue1 = "yes";

            while (continue1 == "yes")

            {
                Console.WriteLine("your name?:");
                string jmeno = Console.ReadLine();
                Console.WriteLine(jmeno + " is the best!");

                Console.WriteLine("New name? (yes/no)");
                continue1 = Console.ReadLine();

                if (continue1 == "yes")
                {
                    

                }



                

                else

                    Console.WriteLine("What a shame :(");

            }
            Console.ReadKey();

        }

If .. Else problem, please help

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