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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perform if / else

Posted by Ruslan Tleubergen
Ruslan Tleubergen
Courses Plus Student 1,040 Points

error CS1525: Unexpected symbol `else'

So this is my code for the quiz it says error CS1525: Unexpected symbol `else'

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

if(language == "C#");
{
  System.Console.WriteLine("C# Rocks!");
}
else
{
    System.Console.WriteLine(language + "is not C#.");
}

1 Answer

Chris Stowe
Chris Stowe
2,450 Points
Chris Stowe
Chris Stowe
2,450 Points

It looks like you added a ';' to the end of "if(language == "C#");". Removing it should fix your problem.