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C#

Jude Brown
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Jude Brown
Courses Plus Student 629 Points
Posted by Jude Brown
Jude Brown
Courses Plus Student 629 Points

What is wrong with my code vs the actual solution?

Hi,

I wrote my code and then saw what the instructor did. My code works, but it is different. My assumption is that the instructors way of doing things is more efficient or better formatted or something. Can you explain the differences? I didn't bother with a snapshot because it is such a small amount.

     Console.Write("What is your name? ");
     var name = Console.ReadLine();

     Console.Write("What is your favourite book? ");
     var book = Console.ReadLine();

     Console.WriteLine("My name is " + name + " and my favourite book is " + book + ".");
Ted Dunn
Ted Dunn
43,783 Points

Hey Jude (bet you've never heard that before)

You have not provided the course/video you were working on so it is not possible for anyone to determine the differences in your code vs. that of the instructor.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

Until you post a link to the original code for comparison, I just wanted to point out that "different" doesn't necessarily mean "wrong". In fact, there can be many programming choices to be made in implementing a solution, and if they produce the same result, it's possible that all of them are correct.

Unless I misunderstand the intention, the code shown here seems to be just fine as-is.