Challenge 1 out of 1: What am I doing wrong?

Question

using System;
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {            
            string input = Console.ReadLine();
            string output = 
            if (input == "quit")
            {
                 output = "Goodbye.";
            }
            else
            {
                 output = "You entered " + input + ".";
            }
        Console.WriteLine(output);
    }
}
}
```Program.cs
using System;
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {            
            string input = Console.ReadLine();
            string output = 
            if (input == "quit")
            {
                 output = "Goodbye.";
            }
            else
            {
                 output = "You entered " + input + ".";
            }
        Console.WriteLine(output);
    }
}
}
```

Dave Harker · Accepted Answer

Hi Joe,
The challenge states "Declare the output variable just before the if statement and assign it to an empty string (i.e. "")."
While you have added the output variable before the if, you've not assigned it the empty string, or terminated the line.
You have:
c#
string output =

Needs to be:
c#
string output = "";

Easy to miss, but you're on track now :) Keep going!
Dave.

Steven Parker · Answer

You're really close, it looks like you just have a typo.
On the line where "output" is declared, there's an equal sign ("=") at the end instead of a semicolon (";"):
cs
            string output;  // fixed

The instructions say: and assign it to an empty string (i.e. ""), but that's not really necessary either for correct syntax or for passing the challenge.

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Challenge 1 out of 1: What am I doing wrong?

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