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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect Variable Scope

Posted by Jacob Clinton
Jacob Clinton
4,531 Points

Think about how to properly declare a variable and variable scope, then fix the following code so that it compiles.

I'm trying to get the code to run but no matter what I try I get an error can someone tell me the answer the code just throws errors that make no sense and every time I fix one error 2 more pop up

Program.cs 
using System;

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

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

            Console.WriteLine(output);
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

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

You're very close, I see only two issues left:

  • move the initialization of "output" down to put it insde the main method
  • in the final else, change the initialization to an ordinary assignment
Jacob Clinton
Jacob Clinton
4,531 Points

Thank you so much omg that task would have taken forever otherwise.