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C# C# Basics (Retired) Console I/O Formatting Output

can someone pleaz help me with this question? i don't know what to do with it...

pleaz read my code and tell when i went wrong...

CodeChallenge.cs
Console.WriteLine(firstName);
Console.ReadLine();

2 Answers

Erick R
Erick R
5,293 Points

You are writing the firstName variable without being assigned and then you are reading something to the console. The challenge wants this:

//Get the First name and store in the variable firstName
var firstName = Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine(firstName); //Print out the content
Console.WriteLine(firstName + " rocks!"); //Append the text
Erick R
Erick R
5,293 Points

the var keyword means variable if you are confused by that keyword use the string keyword

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,210 Points

Task 1 only requires "ReadLine", you won't need "WriteLine" until the later tasks.

What you do for "firstName" in task 1 will be very similar to what was done for "entry" in the Receiving Input video at about 3:30.