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Zyeshawn wilson
353 PointsHow do you initialize book title with the title of your favorite book?
Where i place the = sign.... is it before or after title?
3 Answers
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there! The data type and variable name come on the left side of the equals sign. The value to be assigned to the variable comes on the right side, Here's an example;
int x = 20;
string text = "This is my text";
In the example above a variable named x will be assigned a value of 20. The variable named text will be assigned a value of "This is my text".
Hope this helps!
Zachary Walters
iOS Development with Swift Techdegree Student 1,330 PointsTo initialize a variable is to set it equal to something. In your case, something like:
string bookTitle = "To Kill a Mockingbird";
I hope this helps!
Zyeshawn wilson
353 PointsDoesnt Work I think you're supposed to have equal sign before parentheses and title place right after bookTitle
Zyeshawn wilson
353 PointsC# Basics Course > Learn C# > Variables 2 Objectives > Challenge Task 2 of 2 Initialize bookTitle with the title of your favorite book.
My Ex: string booktitle = "The One";
Zyeshawn wilson
353 PointsZyeshawn wilson
353 PointsDidnt work, am I supposed to put x=20; above it too? Why is it x=20?
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherJennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherYou didn't link a challenge so I just posted some examples. I picked the values completely at random. If you could post a link to the challenge and a sample of what you've tried, I could probably help you better
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherJennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there! It's important to note when doing these challenges that you should try to follow instructions to the letter. This includes spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and even spacing. At some point, you managed to change your capital "T" to a lowercase "t" and now it can't find the correct variable. The only line that should be present in Step 2 of the challenge would be (given your example):
string bookTitle = "The One";