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2,688 PointsI understand that Bob is a string of characters but I do not understand to answer the question in the quiz.
For C# quiz
"Bob is an ______ of type string."
4 Answers
jcorum
71,830 PointsWilliam, we usually say "Bob" is a string, but more precisely it is an object of type string.
Classes are templates from which objects are created. String is a class, "Bob" is an object created from that class.
Hope this helps, and I didn't mis-understand your question.
srikarvedantam
8,369 Points"Bob" is an object of type String ;).
Caspar Claessen
9,060 PointsIsn't it also an instance of type string?
Luke Gibson
3,503 Pointsthis one fried my brain a little but I understand it thanks to the previous comments!