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

ali raafat
ali raafat
444 Points
Posted by ali raafat
ali raafat
444 Points

can you help me

i get this " Did you forget to pass firstName to WriteLine as a parameter?"

CodeChallenge.cs 
 string firstName = Console.ReadLine();

  Console.WriteLine("firstName");
Justin Preece
Justin Preece
6,244 Points

pass it as an object, not a string. ex:

Console.WriteLine(firstName);

1 Answer

Joseph Frazer
Joseph Frazer
5,404 Points
Joseph Frazer
Joseph Frazer
5,404 Points

You are trying to log a string when you should be trying to log the variable!

 string firstName = Console.ReadLine();
  Console.WriteLine(firstName);