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Angus Eliott
3,793 PointsC# problem
could somone help me with this one?
System.Console.Write("Enter a book title: ");
string bookTitle;
System.Console.ReadLine(bookTitle);
error:
Bummer! Did you set or initialize 'bookTitle' to the result from calling 'System.Console.ReadLine()'?
2 Answers
Dale Severude
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 71,350 PointsHi Angus,
bookTitle needs to be assigned to the value returned from Console.ReadLine()
string bookTitle = System.Console.ReadLine();
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Calin Bogdan
14,921 PointsHello!
Dale Severude's answer is correct, but I'd like to add something to it. You can simplify your code so that everything can be put into one line, like this:
// declaration
string bookTitle;
// prompt
System.Console.Write("Enter a book title: ");
// assignment
bookTitle = System.Console.ReadLine();
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// We can merge the declaration and assignment, therefore it will be:
System.Console.Write("Enter a book title: ");
string bookTitle = System.Console.ReadLine();
// But System.Console.ReadLine() can take a string parameter which does the exact same thing as System.Console.Write(), so we can merge that too:
string bookTitle = System.Console.ReadLine("Enter a book title: ");
Looks cleaner, doesn't it? Good luck and keep coding!