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Delaine Teddy R Ndau
3,437 Pointshow do i declare a string variable for example bookTitle
am a little lost i need to declare a string variable
String bookTitle = System.Console.ReadLine ();
3 Answers
HIDAYATULLAH ARGHANDABI
21,058 PointsGiving a message to the screen
System.Console.Write("Enter a book title: ");
Taking the input from the user, putting it in variable called bookTitle
string bookTitle = System.Console.ReadLine();
Liam Clarke
19,938 PointsHi,
To declare a string you just give the variable type 'string' and the name of it.
string bookTitle;
You then just assign the variable a value.
string bookTitle = "Harry Potter";
Note
Your actually not entirely wrong using uppercase 'S' but there are some very slight differences between "String" and "string".
this small article does a good job at explaining it
Good luck!
Delaine Teddy R Ndau
3,437 Pointsokay thank you and what if i want to Use the System.Console.Write() method to print "Enter a book title: " to the console.
Liam Clarke
19,938 PointsSystem.Console.Write(); is a method that in your case takes a String as a parameter.
System.Console.Write("Enter a book title: ");
System.Console.Readline() is another method that takes the next line of characters from an input so it does not need any parameters.
System.Console.Write("Enter a book title: ");
string bookTitle = System.Console.ReadLine();