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C# C# Basics Strings Escape Sequences

Chris Smith
Chris Smith
689 Points
Posted by Chris Smith
Chris Smith
689 Points

Using Return Values and Escapes

Not sure I fully understand the return value in this instance where it's asking to add the \" escape sequence.

Program.cs 
using System;

class Program
{

    // YOUR CODE HERE: Define a Quote method!
    static string Quote(string phrase)
    {
        string saying = "\"phrase\"";
        return Console.WriteLine();
    }

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        // Quote by Maya Angelou.
        Console.WriteLine(Quote("When you learn, teach. When you get, give."));
        // Quote by Benjamin Franklin.
        Console.WriteLine(Quote("No gains without pains."));
    }

}

2 Answers

jb30
jb30
44,805 Points

You have properly escaped the quotation marks, so printing out saying would give you "phrase". If instead you want saying to include the value stored in phrase, you would need to use string concatenation or string interpolation.

The challenge wants you to return a string, such as saying, and not Console.WriteLine().

Chris Smith
Chris Smith
689 Points
Chris Smith
Chris Smith
689 Points

jb30

Thanks. I'm starting to grasp more and more. But I am certainly on the struggle bus here with this challenge. I've gone ahead and rewatched the method's series and the return series. Not sure I'm hung up on that as I am now on the escape method.

` using System;

class Program {

// YOUR CODE HERE: Define a Quote method!
static string Quote(string phrase)
{
 return phrase;  
}

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    // Quote by Maya Angelou.
    Console.WriteLine(Quote("\"When you learn, teach. When you get, give.\""));
    // Quote by Benjamin Franklin.
    Console.WriteLine(Quote("\"No gains without pains.\""));
}

}

`

When I submit that, I don't even get anything in the console. It says: "We called Quote("Patrick, I don't think wumbo is a real word."), but we got a return value of: 'Patrick, I don't think wumbo is a real word.'. We were expecting '"Patrick, I don't think wumbo is a real word."'."

So I don't even get a response as to where the errors might be other than that explanation which does not compute to me because I'm using \" for the double quote escape sequence.

Any advice here is grately appreciated.

  • Chris
jb30
jb30
44,805 Points

The challenge wants you to add your code in the Quote function and leave the Main function unchanged.

Chris Smith
Chris Smith
689 Points
Chris Smith
Chris Smith
689 Points

jb30 thanks for hanging in there with me! I appreciate the heck out of it. I feel like i tried everything. But it seems I needed to try one more thing and I finally got it!!!! Thanks