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

Posted by candice liu
candice liu
1,072 Points

how to print the firstName variable to the screen

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CodeChallenge.cs 
string firstName=Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine("firstName");

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

Passing "firstName" in quotes as the argument to Console.WriteLine will output the actual word "firstName".

:point_right: But since you want to output the contents of the variable, you should not have quotes around the variable name.