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C# C# Basics (Retired) Console I/O Formatting Output

Rishabh Soni
Rishabh Soni
827 Points
Posted by Rishabh Soni
Rishabh Soni
827 Points

use of concatenation operator

use the concatenation operator '+' to append "rocks!" to the end of the contents of the firstName variable and print it to the screen using Console.WriteLine.

string firstName = Console.ReadLine(); Console.WriteLine(firstName + "rocks!" );

CodeChallenge.cs 
string firstName =  Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine(firstName + “ rocks!” );

2 Answers

Jerson Otzoy
Jerson Otzoy
1,532 Points
Jerson Otzoy
Jerson Otzoy
1,532 Points

Hello, I think you copied the text from the description and that's why it is failing notice how this

Console.WriteLine(firstName + “ rocks!” );

is not the same as this

Console.WriteLine(firstName + " rocks!" );

Notice how these characters are not the same “ and ", the code was expecting for the second ones.

HIDAYATULLAH ARGHANDABI
HIDAYATULLAH ARGHANDABI
21,058 Points
HIDAYATULLAH ARGHANDABI
HIDAYATULLAH ARGHANDABI
21,058 Points 
Console.WriteLine(firstName + "rocks!" );

Dear friend, Use the double quotations in place of the `` this operator.

Enjoy coding