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

Josh Sandlin
Josh Sandlin
673 Points
Posted by Josh Sandlin
Josh Sandlin
673 Points

Neither idea is working

I see two ways to do this, given both what has been shown of C# and what has been seen in the other questions.

Simply writing:

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

does not work. Nor does:

class Program
{
    static void Main ()
    {
        System.Console.Write("Enter a book title:");
    }
}

Not entirely sure why this is, as both cases seem like they should be OK

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

2 Answers

Dane Parchment
MOD
Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,077 Points
Dane Parchment
Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,077 Points

I am pretty sure it is the fact that you do not have a space after the colon. If the instructor provides the string for you, copy it exactly (whitespace and all) otherwise the testing framework they use will freak out!

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

Your first try would have worked except you are missing a space after the colon.

I tried pasting your code in the challenge and it gave me this hint: "Bummer! Make sure to use the exact message from the instructions. Note the trailing space. Copy/paste if you like!"