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

Philip Amofah
Philip Amofah
99 Points
Posted by Philip Amofah
Philip Amofah
99 Points

How do i use System.Console.Write() to print a message?

I just started the course and i'm a little stumped. Please help

CodeChallenge.cs 
string bookTitle = System.Console.ReadLine

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

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,084 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,084 Points

It would print a message just fine how you have it. But the challenge has some other specific requirements that you need to meet:

  • there should be a semicolon (;) at the end of each statement
  • you need a space between the colon and the closing quote in "Enter a book title: "
  • when you call a function, you just have parentheses () after it, even if you don't pass any arguments.
  • you need to call ReadLine after the Write.
  • you should keep your original declaration and assignment of bookTitle

At the end of task 4, you'll have something like this:

string bookTitle = "My Book Title";

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