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

Posted by Jesse Lopez
Jesse Lopez
1,870 Points

How do i declare a variable in C#?

Declare a variable named firstName and initialize it to the string returned from a call to Console.ReadLine().

What am i doing wrong?!

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

1 Answer

Daniel Gauthier
Daniel Gauthier
15,000 Points
Daniel Gauthier
Daniel Gauthier
15,000 Points

Hey Jesse,

You declare variables in C# by giving them a type followed by the name you're assigning the variable.

The code you're looking for is:

string firstName;

firstName = Console.ReadLine();

Good luck!

Jesse Lopez
Jesse Lopez
1,870 Points

ah, i see!

in SWIFT it's written as "var" i believe... i got mixed up. Thank you so much, Daniel!