You need to subtract the entered number from each element of the array; you can't just subtract it from the array itself.
Your code never actually asks the user for the initial numbers. You just display
"Please enter in a number System.Double[]" five times. You need to use
Console.ReadLine()
to read the numbers from the user.
You should avoid using
Convert.ToDouble
- if the user enters something that isn't a number, that will throw an exception. Use
Double.TryParse[
^] instead.
static double ReadANumber(string prompt)
{
double result;
string value;
do
{
Console.WriteLine(prompt);
value = Console.ReadLine();
}
while (!double.TryParse(value, out result));
return result;
}
static void Main()
{
double[] entered = new double[5];
for (int index = 0; index < entered.Length; index++)
{
entered[index] = ReadANumber($"Enter number {(index + 1)}:");
}
Console.WriteLine($"Before subtracting: [{string.Join(", ", entered)}]");
double number = ReadANumber("Enter the number to subtract:");
for (int index = 0; index < entered.Length; index++)
{
entered[index] -= number;
}
Console.WriteLine($"After subtracting: [{string.Join(", ", entered)}]");
}