C#•10mo ago

Compiler doesn't work properly

So i'm following the Microsoft course for beginners with C#. The assignment is letting the console show this message "Hello, Bob! You have 3 messages in your inbox. The temperature is 34.4 celsius." This is my code, when I try to run it the online course keeps processing and doesn't proceed. When I check my code in VS code it shows no errors, any help would be appreciated.

//Declaration of variables
string firstName = ("Bob");
int number = (3);
decimal otherNumber = (34.4M);

//Console commands
Console.Write("Hello, ");
Console.Write(firstName + "!");
Console.Write("You have" + number + "messages in your inbox");
Console.Write("The temperature is " + otherNumber + "celsius.");

//Declaration of variables
string firstName = ("Bob");
int number = (3);
decimal otherNumber = (34.4M);

//Console commands
Console.Write("Hello, ");
Console.Write(firstName + "!");
Console.Write("You have" + number + "messages in your inbox");
Console.Write("The temperature is " + otherNumber + "celsius.");

20 Replies

Pobiega•10mo ago

First, that's a very unusual style of variable initialisation. You don't need the parentheses there. Second, those 4 Console.Write could and should be replaced with a single WriteLine with string interpolation

Martindb•10mo ago

Sorry i’m not sure what you mean with String interpolation…

Pobiega•10mo ago

Bring up your favorite search engine and search "C# string interpolation"

Martindb•10mo ago

Sure will do, sorry for that I could have thought of that myself 😅

Azrael•10mo ago

Uhm... Pobiega said it all.

DΣX•10mo ago

There doesnt seem to be much actualy wrong with your code. it should execute. most probable cause is, that the validator expects an new-line in the end so in your last statement, just use WriteLine instead of Write

Angius•10mo ago

There will be no space between the temperature and word celsius

Angius•10mo ago

The message will be Hello, Bob!You have3messages in your inboxThe temperature is 34.4celsius That's why string interpolation is the way

Martindb•10mo ago

Thanks everyone for the feedback 🙂

//Declaration of variables
string firstName = ("Bob");
int number = (3);
decimal temperature = (34.4M);

//Console command
Console.Write($"Hello, {firstName}! You have {number} messages in your inbox. The temperature is {temperature} celsius. ");

//Declaration of variables
string firstName = ("Bob");
int number = (3);
decimal temperature = (34.4M);

//Console command
Console.Write($"Hello, {firstName}! You have {number} messages in your inbox. The temperature is {temperature} celsius. ");

String interpolation if I understood correctly 🙂

SinFluxx•10mo ago

You still don't need the parentheses when declaring your variables 🙂

Pobiega•10mo ago

that, and also, consider using WriteLine instead, so there is a newline added at the end and that blank space at the end triggers me

Martindb•10mo ago

How is this ?, Removed the blank space at the end as mentioned by @Pobiega and the parentheses with the variable declaration @SinFluxx

//Declaration of variables
string firstName = "Bob";
int number = 3;
decimal temperature = 34.4M;

//Console command
Console.WriteLine($"Hello, {firstName}! You have {number} messages in your inbox. The temperature is {temperature} celsius.");

//Declaration of variables
string firstName = "Bob";
int number = 3;
decimal temperature = 34.4M;

//Console command
Console.WriteLine($"Hello, {firstName}! You have {number} messages in your inbox. The temperature is {temperature} celsius.");

Pobiega•10mo ago

perfect

Martindb•10mo ago

Awesome Thanks In my variable declaration is the added m required since i'm already declaring a decimal type ?

Pobiega•10mo ago

yes the right side is not aware of whats happening on the left. and M is the decimal suffix for a literal

Martindb•10mo ago

Good to know So the declaration of the decimal type happens twice, left for the human readability and on the right for the compiler to process it correctly ?

Pobiega•10mo ago

its not different from how your other variables are declared "Bob" is a string literal. 3 is an int literal 34.4M is a decimal literal you could replace the types on the left with var in this code it would change nothing

Martindb•10mo ago

Because var inherits the data type from which is assigned to ?

Angius•10mo ago

Infers But yes

Martindb•10mo ago

Infers , all right noted 🙂

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