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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Variable Scope

Posted by Tatenda Marufu
Tatenda Marufu
10,506 Points

what am i missing

what am i missing

Program.cs 
using System;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {  

           string input = Console.ReadLine();
           string output = Console.WriteLine();

            if (input == "quit")
            {
                 output = "Goodbye.";
            }
            else
            {
                output = "You entered " + input + ".";
            }
           Console.WriteLine(output);
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,210 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,210 Points

You can't use WriteLine to initialize a string.

It doesn't actually return anything (void). But you don't need to assign output when you declare it anyway.