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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perform if / else

ali raafat
ali raafat
444 Points
Posted by ali raafat
ali raafat
444 Points

can someone help me with if/else

i got " nothing was printed out." can you tell me my mistake

CodeChallenge.cs 
string language = Console.ReadLine();

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

       language = "is not C#";
}

1 Answer

Edward Ries
Edward Ries
7,388 Points
Edward Ries
Edward Ries
7,388 Points

In the else clause you assigned the value of "is not C#" but you didn't print it to the screen.

language = "is not C#";

You need to add System.Console.WriteLine(language + " is not C#");

A little beyond the challenge it would be best to assign a variable with "C# rocks" or lanague + " is not C#" and then print it after your if statement. That way your not duplicating the System.Console.WriteLine statement.

What's amazing is this can eventually be refactors to a much simpler statement like:

System.Console.WriteLine(language == "C#" ? "C# Rocks" : $"{language} is not C#");