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Vygandas Razhas
Courses Plus Student 2,422 PointsInitializing a string variable in C#? I'm so lost.
Someone please verse me with the answer? Thank you!
string bookTitle;
2 Answers
andren
28,558 PointsInitializing is basically just a complex way of stating that you should assign it a value. Assigning values to variables is done by using the = (equal) operator. Like this:
string bookTitle = "Book title";
That code will assign the string "Book title" to the variable bookTitle.
Umut İnanç
Courses Plus Student 818 PointsInitializing just means you are creating a variable and assign it a value for the first time.
In this example, you initialize a variable with a value of "Book Title":
string bookTitle = "Book Title";
However, if you create a variable for the first time and don't assign it any value yet, it's called declaring a variable. Like in this example:
string bookTitle;
You can always assign it a value later using the = operator like in this example:
string bookTitle;
bookTitle = "Book Title";