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

Posted by shivanand ingalagavi
shivanand ingalagavi
1,409 Points

Console I/O

Task 3

CodeChallenge.cs 
string bookTitle = "Jump";
System.Console.Write("Enter a book title: ");
System.Console.ReadLine() = bookTitle;

1 Answer

jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points
jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points

shivanand, so close!! You just got things a bit reversed in the last line:

string bookTitle = "Jump";
System.Console.Write("Enter a book title: ");
bookTitle = System.Console.ReadLine();

To store a value in a variable requires the variable on the left and the value on the right.