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

Posted by Joshua Graham
Joshua Graham
9,882 Points

Why isn't this working Console.WriteLine(firstName + " rocks!");

This didn't work neither did concatenating and assigning to firstName before WriteLine

CodeChallenge.cs 
string firstName = Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine(firstName+“ rocks!”);
Patrik Horváth
Patrik Horváth
11,110 Points
Patrik Horváth
Patrik Horváth
11,110 Points

whot about using 

"
 "

and not 

“ ”

its difrent :)

1 Answer

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

You've got the wrong kind of quote marks. As Patrik indicated visually, you're using word-processor style quotes instead of programming quotes. This might be from cutting and pasting them from the instructions. Actually cutting the message itself is a good idea, but always add the quotes yourself to make sure they're the right kind.