C#•10mo ago

❔ i need some help getting out of loop

do
{

    try
    {
        Console.WriteLine();
        Console.WriteLine("please enter one of the names shown above. (correct spelling)");
        gasName = Console.ReadLine();    
        
    }
    catch (System.FormatException ex)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("not a gas == " + ex.Message);
        good = false;
    }
    catch (System.OverflowException ex)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("not the right name == " + ex.Message);
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("error data == " + ex.Data + " == " + ex.Message);
    }
    finally
    {
        Console.WriteLine("will you like to try again? ");
        if (good)
        {
            doAgain = "no";
        }
        else
        {
            doAgain = "yes";
        }
    }

} while (doAgain == "no");

do
{

    try
    {
        Console.WriteLine();
        Console.WriteLine("please enter one of the names shown above. (correct spelling)");
        gasName = Console.ReadLine();    
        
    }
    catch (System.FormatException ex)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("not a gas == " + ex.Message);
        good = false;
    }
    catch (System.OverflowException ex)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("not the right name == " + ex.Message);
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("error data == " + ex.Data + " == " + ex.Message);
    }
    finally
    {
        Console.WriteLine("will you like to try again? ");
        if (good)
        {
            doAgain = "no";
        }
        else
        {
            doAgain = "yes";
        }
    }

} while (doAgain == "no");

im in a infinite loop and not sure how to get out. tldr im very new as im still trying to learn

10 Replies

JakenVeina•10mo ago

always start with properly defining your problem what is the loop behavior you WANT to achieve?

ari ishtar•10mo ago

im stuck in a loop and i cant get out of it, and i need a way to check to see if a user input exists in the array i have i dont know how more define my problem then that honestly

Kouhai•10mo ago

Can you check your condition in the while statement?

JakenVeina•10mo ago

then that's where younneed to start what do you want this loop to do? what is it supposed to do?

ari ishtar•10mo ago

so i aks the user what gas they want they enter it, then the different exceptions to make sure they write the name correctly if not they are force back to try again. once they enter correct they move on

phaseshift•10mo ago

Look at your while condition

ari ishtar•10mo ago

thank you

Buddy•10mo ago

Wait how can you get formatexception or even overflowexception if you only read input from console as a string? Hell any exception

Jimmacle•10mo ago

yeah the exception handling doesn't make any sense, they will never be thrown let alone thrown for what you seem to expect in that code don't use exceptions for flow control regardless they're for things you don't expect to happen, but you clearly expect that the user might input an invalid/wrong gas name

Accord•10mo 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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❔ i need some help getting out of loop