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C# C# Basics C# Syntax Types

Posted by Rodrigo Muñoz
Rodrigo Muñoz
Courses Plus Student 20,171 Points

Why if I store Console.ReadLine() as a variable always become a string type even if I enter a number?

Here's is the code I tried

using System;

namespace learning
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Hello, What's your name? ");
            var name = Console.ReadLine();
            Console.WriteLine(name.GetType());
        }
    }
}

2 Answers

Rodrigo Muñoz
Rodrigo Muñoz
Courses Plus Student 20,171 Points

Thank you

rg10
rg10
1,069 Points
rg10
rg10
1,069 Points

Hello Rodrigo Muñoz , you might force it to be stored as int but an exception will occur if the value is not a number:

using System;

namespace StringTrain
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            int input = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
            Console.WriteLine(input.GetType());
            //Output: System.Int32

        }
    }
}