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

Posted by ahmed salim
ahmed salim
123 Points

didn't understand!! i cant understand what the quotation required!!

i wrote the statment in two ways : 1) Console.WriteLine (firstName +rocks!+); 2) Console.WriteLine (firstName "+rocks!+"); 3) Console.WriteLine ("firstName""+rocks!+")

but non of these works!!

CodeChallenge.cs 
string firstName + rocks! = Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine(firstName + rocks!);
Karlijn Willems
Karlijn Willems
9,961 Points
Karlijn Willems
Karlijn Willems
9,961 Points

Hello Ahmed,

You are almost there!

string firstName + rocks! = Console.ReadLine(); is not the right way to initiate your variable. The compiler won't understand the part: firstName + rocks! because of the spaces in between the words.

First initiate your variable firstName. (so delete + rocks!). Then when writing it to the screen use the variable firstName you have inititated and the string "rocks!"). When writing text as a string always use the quotation marks.

good luck! Hope this helps. =)