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C# C# Basics Methods Method Return Values

Posted by Garrett Peters
Garrett Peters
6,039 Points

Instead of: string answer = Console.ReadLine(); shouldn't it be: int answer = Console.ReadLine(); ?

User input after code is compiled is numeric. Wouldn't int be more appropriate than string? under method static void Ask(string question)?

1 Answer

Steve Agusta
Steve Agusta
6,221 Points
Steve Agusta
Steve Agusta
6,221 Points

Hi Garrett, what the user types will technically be a string, a character representing a numeric value, but technically not an int.