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

Posted by Christiana Kline
Christiana Kline
Courses Plus Student 109 Points

In ("Enter the number of minutes you exercised: "); why is there a space between the colon and Quote mark?

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1 Answer

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

It looks nice on the screen.

The space is just so the answer you type won't start right against the colon. It's very common when issuing a prompt for input on the same line to have a space (one or more) as the last character of the prompt.