C#•15mo ago

❔ error CS1525: Unexpected symbol `String'

using System; public String DuplicateCount(string input) {
foreach (char a in input) { int i = a.Count; if (i > 1){ Console.WriteLine($"{a}:{i}");} }
} DuplicateCount("indivisibilities"); why doesn't this work?

13 Replies

leowest•15mo ago

a.Count is invalid

supriseX•15mo ago

yes, but that's not the main problem here somehow String on line 3 isn't recognised

leowest•15mo ago

what is line 3

supriseX•15mo ago

public String DuplicateCount(string input)

leowest•15mo ago

well the other error is that your method does not have a return

supriseX•15mo ago

good point, im new to this so i forgot

leowest•15mo ago

if you were using visual studio, it would have pointed those out for u what IDE are you using

supriseX•15mo ago

online, vs code is being weird, doesn't wanna run.

leowest•15mo ago

ah well I suggest u use visual studio community instead its really helpful while learning so what are you trying to do here

    foreach (char a in input)
    {
        int i = a.Count;
        if (i > 1){
        Console.WriteLine($"{a}:{i}");}
    }

    foreach (char a in input)
    {
        int i = a.Count;
        if (i > 1){
        Console.WriteLine($"{a}:{i}");}
    }

are u trying to skip the first letter?

MODiX•15mo ago

Servator#3472

REPL Result: Success

var input = "indivisibilities";

        var groups = input.GroupBy(c => c).Where(group => group.Count() > 1);

        foreach (var group in groups)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"{group.Key} {group.Count()}");
        }

var input = "indivisibilities";

        var groups = input.GroupBy(c => c).Where(group => group.Count() > 1);

        foreach (var group in groups)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"{group.Key} {group.Count()}");
        }

Console Output

i 7
s 2

i 7
s 2

Compile: 810.352ms | Execution: 103.783ms | React with ❌ to remove this embed.

leowest•15mo ago

ah yeah silly me should have read the method name so yeah what you want to do is, you might want to have a Dictionary to hold the char and count as you iterate in your loop and add to the dictionary and then loop thru the dictionary where your Value is bigger than one a is a char so you can't use Count like that which is why its invalid

supriseX•15mo ago

oh this is what i am trying to do tho thanks

Accord•15mo ago

Was this issue resolved? If so, run /close - otherwise I will mark this as stale and this post will be archived until there is new activity.

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❔ error CS1525: Unexpected symbol `String'