C#•3mo ago

help with project for school, the program keeps looping and doesn't stop adding "*"

Console.WriteLine("how many lines do you need?");
int l;
      l =  int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
Console.WriteLine("how many columns do you need?");
int c;
      c = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
int i = 0;
while (i < l)
{
Console.WriteLine("*");
i = i + 1;
while (i < c)
Console.WriteLine("*");
i = i + 1;
}

Console.WriteLine("how many lines do you need?");
int l;
      l =  int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
Console.WriteLine("how many columns do you need?");
int c;
      c = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
int i = 0;
while (i < l)
{
Console.WriteLine("*");
i = i + 1;
while (i < c)
Console.WriteLine("*");
i = i + 1;
}

4 Replies

jcotton42•3mo ago

while (i < c)
Console.WriteLine("*");
i = i + 1;

while (i < c)
Console.WriteLine("*");
i = i + 1;

the while loop here only applies to the console.writeline one of the hazards of not indenting your code properly properly indented, your code is

Console.WriteLine("how many lines do you need?");
int l;
l = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
Console.WriteLine("how many columns do you need?");
int c;
c = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
int i = 0;
while (i < l)
{
    Console.WriteLine("*");
    i = i + 1;
    while (i < c)
        Console.WriteLine("*");
    i = i + 1;
}

Console.WriteLine("how many lines do you need?");
int l;
l = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
Console.WriteLine("how many columns do you need?");
int c;
c = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
int i = 0;
while (i < l)
{
    Console.WriteLine("*");
    i = i + 1;
    while (i < c)
        Console.WriteLine("*");
    i = i + 1;
}

jotaOP•3mo ago

thanks, but I'm not understaning it I'm new to coding and recently got into it through school the code I see there looks like what I just wrote out, but with the colors properly assigned to each word (thank you btw)

jcotton42•3mo ago

without braces, a loop only applies to the next line what you wanted was

while (i < c)
{
    Console.WriteLine("*");
    i = i + 1;
}

while (i < c)
{
    Console.WriteLine("*");
    i = i + 1;
}

jotaOP•3mo ago

OH, okay thanks

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help with project for school, the program keeps looping and doesn't stop adding "*"