Spontaneous Generation of Information

using System;

namespace SpontaneousGeneration
{
    class MainClass
    {
        public static void Main (string[] args)
        {
            string userWord;
            Console.WriteLine ("What word do you want to generate?");
            userWord = (Console.ReadLine ()).ToLower ();
            int wordLength = userWord.Length;
            char[] generatedArray;
            generatedArray = new char[wordLength];
            bool continueOrEnd;
            int iterationCount = 1;
            Random rnd = new Random ();
            do {
                for (int i=0; i <wordLength; ++i) {
                    int number = rnd.Next (1, 27);
                    if (number == 1) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue ('a', i);
                    } else if (number == 2) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('b', i);
                    } else if (number == 3) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('c', i);
                    } else if (number == 4) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('d', i);
                    } else if (number == 5) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('e', i);
                    } else if (number == 6) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('f', i);
                    } else if (number == 7) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('g', i);
                    } else if (number == 8) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('h', i);
                    } else if (number == 9) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('i', i);
                    } else if (number == 10) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('j', i);
                    } else if (number == 11) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('k', i);
                    } else if (number == 12) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('l', i);
                    } else if (number == 13) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('m', i);
                    } else if (number == 14) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('n', i);
                    } else if (number == 15) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('o', i);
                    } else if (number == 16) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('p', i);
                    } else if (number == 17) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('q', i);
                    } else if (number == 18) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('r', i);
                    } else if (number == 19) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('s', i);
                    } else if (number == 20) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('t', i);
                    } else if (number == 21) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('u', i);
                    } else if (number == 22) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('v', i);
                    } else if (number == 23) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('w', i);
                    } else if (number == 24) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('x', i);
                    } else if (number == 25) {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('y', i);
                    } else {
                        generatedArray.SetValue('z', i);
                    }
                }
                //turn the generated array into a string to allow for checking//
                string generatedWord = (new string(generatedArray)).ToLower();
                //check to see if the generated word matches the user's word//
                //if not, loop again, and keep a running count of the iterations//
                //if yes, tell the user how many iterations it took to randomly generate the word//
                if (userWord == generatedWord) {
                    Console.WriteLine ("It took me {0} times to randomly generate your word!",
                                       iterationCount);
                    continueOrEnd = false;
                } else {
                    iterationCount = ++iterationCount;
                    continueOrEnd = true;
                }
            } while(continueOrEnd == true);
        }
    }
}