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

Delaine Teddy R Ndau
Delaine Teddy R Ndau
3,437 Points

variables

hie guys cn u help me out here how do i Declare a variable named firstName and initialize it to the string returned from a call to Console.ReadLine()

CodeChallenge.cs
Console.ReadLine();

1 Answer

Fredrik Rönnehag
Fredrik Rönnehag
2,342 Points

Just like you would declare a variable of type int or string.

string name = "John";

Except here you ask the user to input his name and you save it in a string variable named firstName.

string firstName =

// I leave the last part to you!