Save Player Choice

📖 Instructions#

Right now the program reads what the player types but immediately forgets it. We need to hold on to that value so the game can use it later.

That’s what a variable is for. A variable gives a name to a stored value. You can read it, change it, or pass it along — as long as the program is running, it remembers.

Some functions don’t just do something — they also hand a value back when they finish. To keep that value, assign it to a variable:

string input = Console.ReadLine();

The data type before the variable name tells the program what kind of value to expect. string means text.

🧠 Recall

Data Types

Function

🎓 Learn More

Variable

✅ What to Do#

Update the line that calls Console.ReadLine() so its result is stored in a variable named playerChoice.

🎯 Expected Outcome#

The output looks exactly the same as before. Storing a value in a variable produces no visible output — but the value is now saved and ready for the next step.

Welcome to Odds and Evens!
Choose 1 for Odds or 2 for Evens:
1

💡 Hints#

Hint 1

Find the line with the input-reading function call. That’s the only line that needs to change.

Hint 2

You can capture what a function returns by writing variableType variableName = before the function call.

Hint 3

The player is typing text, so the variable type is string. The variable name should be playerChoice.

⚠️ Common Mistakes#

Forgetting the type declaration

Writing playerChoice = Console.ReadLine(); without the string type causes a compile error. In C#, you must declare the type when creating a new variable.

Using the wrong type

Writing int playerChoice = Console.ReadLine(); causes a compile error. Console.ReadLine() always returns text — even if the player types 1, it comes back as the string "1", not the number 1. Use string here.

Leaving the old line unchanged

If you add a new line instead of replacing the existing Console.ReadLine();, you’ll read input twice — the program will pause and wait for the player to type two things. Replace the old line, don’t duplicate it.

🙈 Solution#

Tried, you must, before reveal the solution you may.

Program.csChanges

  // Player chooses to play with odds or evens.
  Console.WriteLine("Choose 1 for Odds or 2 for Evens:");
- Console.ReadLine();
+ string playerChoice = Console.ReadLine();

Program.csFinal

Console.WriteLine("Welcome to Odds and Evens!");

// Player chooses to play with odds or evens.
Console.WriteLine("Choose 1 for Odds or 2 for Evens:");
string playerChoice = Console.ReadLine();

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