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

Lukas Sarralde
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Lukas Sarralde
Courses Plus Student 406 Points
Posted by Lukas Sarralde
Lukas Sarralde
Courses Plus Student 406 Points

Challenge Task 2 of 3 Use Console.WriteLine to print the contents of the firstName variable to the screen.

string firstName = Console.ReadLine(); Console.ReadLine(firstName);

string firstName = Console.ReadLine(); ā€‹

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

Console.ReadLine(firstName);

2 Answers

Lukas Sarralde
PLUS
Lukas Sarralde
Courses Plus Student 406 Points
Lukas Sarralde
Lukas Sarralde
Courses Plus Student 406 Points

Hi Antonio,

Do i need to add something in there? I am a bit confuse.

Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,885 Points
Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,885 Points 
//you have done the below
Console.ReadLine(firstName);
//when you have been asked to do this below
Console.WriteLine(firstName);
Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,885 Points
Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,885 Points

Question says, Use Console.WriteLine to print, and what have you used.

string firstName = Console.ReadLine();

Console.ReadLine(firstName);//what have you used here.