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

Hi I'm on the C# Basic video and one of the objectives challenge task 1 of 2 use the System.Console.Write() it's not wor

It keeps saying Bummer and I can't find my mistake

CodeChallenge.cs
System.Console.Write("Enter a book title:")

3 Answers

james south
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james south
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the error tells you to make sure your string is exactly what they are asking for. you are missing a space after the colon. you are also missing the semicolon at the end of the line.

CS0117: is an error message I received after I corrected the string here's what I updated it to System.Console.Write("Enter a book title: ");

CS0117: is an error message I received after I corrected the string here's what I updated it to System.Console.Write("Enter a book title: ");

Daniel Hildreth
Daniel Hildreth
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Ok so here's the question it asks:

Use the System.Console.Write() method to print "Enter a book title: " to the console. First off, on small things like this, I usually write out the beginning statement and then fill it in. So I would write:

System.Console.Write();

It then asks you to enter the phrase. You must enter it exactly as it is (this includes the space after the semi-colon), in order to pass the challenge. So upon filling in the phrase, you end with the following (also don't forget your closing semi-colon after the statement):

System.Console.Write("Enter a book title: ");