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Peter Escartin
893 PointsRadius Float variable?
In the first challenge it asks to create a float variable radius with the amount 14.5.
This is what I've submitted:
{ float radius = 14.5;
}
I'm pretty sure this is how you declare a float variable, but It's telling me to recheck my work. What am I doing wrong?
5 Answers
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsYou don't actually need the curly braces when creating a variable.
Curly braces are used to denote a code block and you'll use them when you write functions, loops, conditionals, etc...
Jesse Richard
1,899 PointsI'm having problem with this course as well. I keep thinking it's missing a video.
Peter Escartin
893 PointsHmmm. So I tried it again and it submitted this time. Not sure what I could have done differently but for anyone else having this problem - make sure you're writing on the first line. This is what I submitted as my code -
float radius = 14.5;
Good luck!
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsI'm confused now. Did you submit it the first time with the curly braces or without?
Peter Escartin
893 PointsJason Anello - Without the curly brackets the first time, hence my confusion as to why it wasn't running. I added the brackets in there for the post thinking that's what I was missing.
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsThat's strange then because I don't see a difference between the two variable declarations.
I'm not sure if you're saying you put in the curly braces to post it as code but you need to use 3 backticks if you wanted to post it as code.