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

Brandon Holmes
Brandon Holmes
124 Points
Posted by Brandon Holmes
Brandon Holmes
124 Points

Why is this not working?

Is this not what it is asking for?

CodeChallenge.cs 
namespace System
{
  class Program
  {
      static void Main()
      {
          Console.Write("Enter your name:");

          string firstName = Console.ReadLine();

          Console.WriteLine("Hello" + firstName + "have a good day!);

      }
  }
}

2 Answers

Jon Wood
Jon Wood
9,884 Points
Jon Wood
Jon Wood
9,884 Points

I think I see. In this line: Console.WriteLine("Hello" + firstName + "have a good day!); You have to put an ending " after the exclamation point to denote the end of the string.

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

It doesn't look like you read the instructions.

This challenge doesn't require you to build a program with a "Main" function, it only needs a few lines of code. Also, the output strings the challenge asks for are quite different from what you have here.

Jon's point about closing the final string is valid, but the other issues will need to be addressed to pass the challenge.