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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perform if

Adam Johnson
Adam Johnson
1,317 Points
Posted by Adam Johnson
Adam Johnson
1,317 Points

C# rocks

im supposed to WriteLine "C# rocks" when ReadLine is "C#". Language is the assigned variable for Console.Readlline. The simplest way i can think of is to;

if (language == ("C#")); { Console.WriteLine ("C# Rocks!"); }

I get an error message saying that "I entered in 'bogus' and got 'C# rocks'" I have no idea

CodeChallenge.cs 
string language = Console.ReadLine();
if (language == ("C#"));
    {
        Console.WriteLine ("C# Rocks!");
    }

2 Answers

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,120 Points
Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,120 Points

The semi colon at the end of your if statement is the problem - remove it and the code will run as you intend it to:

string language = Console.ReadLine();
if (language == ("C#"))
    {
        Console.WriteLine ("C# Rocks!");
    }
Liam Andersson
Liam Andersson
1,396 Points
Liam Andersson
Liam Andersson
1,396 Points

Why are you writing the string inside parentheses?

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,120 Points
Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,120 Points

Didn’t notice those, yes there’s no need for them.