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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Variable Scope

Posted by Jamie Ray
Jamie Ray
Courses Plus Student 439 Points

Scoping Assistance Is Needed

Attempted different ways to change the scoping but ran into various issues. Do not see the error. Thanks for any assistance.

Program.cs 
using System;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class Program
    {
             string output = "";
        static void Main()
        {           
            string input = Console.ReadLine();  

               if (input == "quit")
            {
                string output = "Goodbye.";
            }
            else
            {
                string output = "You entered " + input + ".";
            }

            Console.WriteLine(output);
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,786 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,786 Points

:point_right: Maybe a few hints will help:

  • declaring output outside of the conditionals was a good idea. But it should still be inside the method.
  • remember that you can assign something multiple times, but you can only declare it once.
  • declare something in two scopes, the inner one will "hide" the outer one.