Input Problems and C# (CSharp) Tutorials

[Grayson_Peddie]

Hi, there. I seen to have problems when I am trying to read the input from the keyboard.

What happens if that I am trying to define an array to a char and I had declared a variabble called "YourName". I ttried to use [] but didn't work for char, and I tried to add the number to the array (for example: [16] but didn't work.

I'd tried one of three things

char YourName[16]; // but this didn't work
char[] YourName[16]; // this didn't work either.
char YourName = new char[16]; // this didn't work either.

Yet...the error also told me that it can't convert char[] into char.

YourName = Char.Parse(Console.ReadLine());

However, I don't seem to have problems with:
Console.Write(("Hello ", YourName.ToString());

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So, here's the code to explain a little bit better.

Using System;
 
class MainClass
{
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        char YourName[16];
        Console.Write(What is your name? (Up to 16 characters) ");
        YourName = Char.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
        Console.Write("Hello ", YourName.ToString());
    }
}

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And, I am looking for a better tutorial that can show me examples along with the explaination. I had read the tutorial in Learn-C-Sharp.com but didn't help. The author should supposed to explain a little bit better about how I can use char with arrays and how can I be able to input into the screen, which means, by reading input from the keyboard, then to input it into a screen. It's true, however, char can hold only 1 character, which is 2 bytes. So, any good tutorials out there?

[Mister C]

1. why don't you read it into a string instead?

2. With C, C++ and C# use a loop to inter values. If you are using characters.

3. What about C Sharp station other tutorials are found on this C programming site.

Just some quick thoughts..

[nvoigt]

In C# you no longer need those char arrays that were common in C.

using System;
 
class MainClass
{
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string yourName;
        Console.Write( "What is your name ?" );
        yourName = Console.ReadLine();
        Console.Write("Hello {0}", yourName );
    }
} 

[Grayson_Peddie]

Okay. Thanks!

[CompiledMonkey]

Originally posted by Grayson_Peddie
Okay. Thanks!

It's nice isn't it?