question about char's in .net

hey

ok for school i have to get this text exercise to work they gave me code but it has an infinite loop so im fixing it:

original code:

Code:

double sales = 0.0;
Console::Write("Enter a sa;es amount: ");
sales = Convert::ToDouble(Console::ReadLine());
while (sales > 0)
{
Console::WriteLine(Sales * .1);
}// end while

modified:

Code:

double sales = 0.0;
char exit = ' ';
while (exit == 'Q')
	{
	Console::Write("Enter a sales amount: ");
	sales = Convert::ToDouble(Console::ReadLine());	
	Console::WriteLine(sales * .1);
	Console::Write("Do you want to quit(q)? ");
	exit = Convert::ToChar(Console::ReadLine());
	exit = char::toupper(exit);
	}//End While

the problem it seems to have is with the char::toupper(exit)
yet i checked my notes and that is what i see written down so what is .net complaining with char's this time???

c:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Visual Studio Projects\Exercise 19\Exercise 19.cpp(21): error C2062: type 'char' unexpected

is the error i get and of course it warning me for using a char since .net hates them for some lame reason

so any ideas why?

thanks

C++ is case sensitive:

Code:

	exit = Char::ToUpper(exit);

The .NET framework uses wchar_t rather than char. This may cause warnings. You could change your char declarations to wchar_t.

Code:

double sales = 0.0;
wchar_t exit = L' ';
while (exit != L'Q')
	{
	Console::Write("Enter a sales amount: ");
	sales = Convert::ToDouble(Console::ReadLine());	
	Console::WriteLine(sales * .1);
	Console::Write("Do you want to quit(q)? ");
	exit = Convert::ToChar(Console::ReadLine());
	exit = Char::ToUpper(exit);
	}//End While

C++.NET appears to be a dead horse. C# is the strongly preferred language for use with the .NET framework.

ah thanks alot i was getting confused cause that little drop down menu .net gives never appeared with Char::

and yea id rather learn normal c/c++ but this is what they are teaching so oh well im sure i can pick it up eventually seems more useful to me