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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perform if

Idan shami
Idan shami
13,251 Points
Posted by Idan shami
Idan shami
13,251 Points

i need help in the challenge

my problem is that this keeps print me c# rocks whatever i write in the console...

CodeChallenge.cs 
string language = Console.ReadLine();
if (language.Equals("c#")); 
{ 
    Console.WriteLine("c# rocks!");
}

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,786 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,786 Points

There's a stray semicolon after the conditional expression of the "if" statement. That ends the statement and causes the following code block to run all the time instead of only when the condition is true.

Also, C# is case-sensitive, and the challenges can be very picky about input and output strings. So be sure to spell "C#" with a capital "C".

Ted Dunn
Ted Dunn
43,783 Points
Ted Dunn
Ted Dunn
43,783 Points

You have two issues in your code: first, you have placed a semicolon(;) after your if statement. This is not correct. That is what is causing your current error. Second, you would get another error even if you remove the semicolon because you have used the lower case letter 'c' instead of capital 'C'. The second error is not a true error in the language C#, but it would still cause your code to not pass the strict requirements of the tests used to evaluate your code for this challenge.

string language = Console.ReadLine();

if (language.Equals("C#")
{
    Console.WriteLine("C# rocks!");
}