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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perform if / else

Neil Gordon
Neil Gordon
8,823 Points
Posted by Neil Gordon
Neil Gordon
8,823 Points

quick question on my if statement

I've attached my code

CodeChallenge.cs 
bool language = true; 

string language = Console.ReadLine();

if(language == "C#")
{
  System.Console.WriteLine("C# Rocks!");
}
else { 
  System.Conole.WriteLine( + "is not C#"); 
}

4 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

The real answer to the original issue was that this piece of code:

bool language = true; 

string language = Console.ReadLine();

...was declaring the same variable twice, and as two different types. A variable cannot be declared twice in the same scope.

Once that is fixed, you have an additional issue with this line:

  System.Conole.WriteLine( + "is not C#");

It looks like you forgot to put your variable before the + sign. Plus you might want to add a space at the beginning of the string being added on.

Neil Gordon
Neil Gordon
8,823 Points
Neil Gordon
Neil Gordon
8,823 Points

Figured it out , I read the question wrong see the answer below 

string language = Console.ReadLine();

if(language == "C#")
{
  System.Console.WriteLine("C# Rocks!");
}
else {
  System.Console.WriteLine(language + " is not C#"); 
}
Alan Mattan贸
PLUS
Alan Mattan贸
Courses Plus Student 12,188 Points
Alan Mattan贸
Alan Mattan贸
Courses Plus Student 12,188 Points

System.Conole.WriteLine( + "is not C#");

If you add "+" you are making a concatenation, so you need two parameters. One on left and one on right. Be sure to put a space between words when you are concatenating strings (between " and is. [ "is..." starts with a space "_is.."] ).

System.Conole.WriteLine( language + " is not C#");
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

Odd, this question shows up as having "0 Answers" in the forum index, when it actually has 3.

I'm adding this one to see if it will fix the index.

Followup: No, it didn't. :disappointed: