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

Raju Mandapati
Raju Mandapati
123 Points
Posted by Raju Mandapati
Raju Mandapati
123 Points

use System.console.ReadLine()

Can some one guide where exactly to initialze as i am failing with this many times.

CodeChallenge.cs 
System.Console.Write ("Enter a book Title: ");
System.Console.ReadLine ();
string bookTitle= "bookTitle";

2 Answers

Calin Bogdan
Calin Bogdan
14,921 Points

Console.ReadLine() returns a string with the last value you entered.

Since ReadLine() returns a string with that value, you have to store the value in a variable, like so:

string bookTitle = System.Console.ReadLine();
Idowu Akinde
Idowu Akinde
5,658 Points
Idowu Akinde
Idowu Akinde
5,658 Points

Correct answer, Calin Bogdan.

However Raju Mandapati, you can optimize that line of code further by replacing the "string" keyword with "var", like below:

      var bookTitle = System.Console.ReadLine();
Raju Mandapati
Raju Mandapati
123 Points
Raju Mandapati
Raju Mandapati
123 Points

Thank you it helps Calin.