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Daniel Clayton
309 PointsDeclare a variable named firstName and initialize it to the string returned from a call to Console.ReadLine().
I don't really understand it, this is what I have so far...
{ Console.ReadLine ("firstName");
string firstName = ("Daniel");
}
{
Console.ReadLine ("firstName");
string firstName = ("Daniel");
}
2 Answers
Dale Severude
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 71,350 PointsHey Daniel,
You don't need to put any parameters within the ReadLine() statement. Just assign your variable to be equal to the value that the ReadLine() returns.
var firstName = Console.ReadLine();
Todd Anderson
4,260 PointsHi!
It's asking you to assign the input from Console.ReadLine() to the variable firstName as a string like so.
string firstName = Console.ReadLine();
This means whatever is typed in by the user whether it's Daniel or Todd, etc, it will be saved as the variable you initialized as firstName.
Also, since firstName is a variable name, you would call it in parentheses as (firstName) not ("firstName"). Doing so with quotes would actually treat the word firstName as a string instead of calling the variable. I hope this helps!
Spoiler: Answer below...
string firstName = Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine(firstName + " rocks!");