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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Variable Scope

Rahul Gupta
Rahul Gupta
667 Points
Posted by Rahul Gupta
Rahul Gupta
667 Points

Code challenge

I have spent a lot of time trying to fix the errors here and somehow can't find the answer. Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you

Program.cs 
using System;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {            
            string input = Console.ReadLine();

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

            Console.WriteLine(output);
        }
    }
}

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

You've got part of it.

But you still need to deal with output being initialized twice — and both times in scopes more limited than the one where it is used to write to the console. Try declaring it just once in the outer scope and convert the initializations to plain assignments.

Rahul Gupta
Rahul Gupta
667 Points
Rahul Gupta
Rahul Gupta
667 Points

Thank you Steven , It worked .