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C#

What is wrong with this code.

this code isint a course or anything it isjust some independent work to test my skils but I keep getting an error CS1525. I am trying to make a program tah aks the user to enter there name and if there name is not equal to Michael it will show an error.

thank you.

namespace TreehouseDefense
{
    class Game
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
           string firstName = System.Console.ReadLine();
          System.Console.WriteLine("hello " + firstName + "how are you?");

   System.Console.WriteLine("My firstname is" + firstName);

            if (firstName) != michael;

            {
              System.Console.WriteLine("this is not your account please exit");
            }

        }
    }
}
Rasmus Hall
Rasmus Hall
1,260 Points

you forgot the " on micheal. like this

if (firstName != "micheal");

you wrote

if (firstname) != micheal;

3 Answers

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,120 Points

I'm not certain but I think in C# the condition in your if statement has to be contained in (). And there definitely shouldn't be a semi-colon at the end of the if condition. Also, I don't see any variable called michael, so perhaps you meant for it to be a string? Try this

if (firstName != "michael") 
{
// Your code here
}

static void Main(string[] args) { string firstName = System.Console.ReadLine(); System.Console.WriteLine("hello " + firstName + "how are you?");

        System.Console.WriteLine("My firstname is" + firstName);

        if (firstName != "michael")  // here

        {
            System.Console.WriteLine("this is not your account please exit");
        }

        Console.ReadLine(); // just to see message before exiting
    }
Rasmus Hall
Rasmus Hall
1,260 Points

you forgot the " on micheal. like this

if (firstName != "micheal");

you wrote

if (firstname) != micheal;