meet it

Give every box a name that tells you what is inside.

Names can use letters, digits and _. They cannot have spaces and cannot start with a digit. Capitals matter, so score and Score are two different boxes.

Some words are taken. A such as int, string or using already means something to C#, so it cannot be a name.

For names made of several words, C# coders use : squash the words together and give each new word a capital, like favouriteFood. Pick names that say what is inside.

using System;

string favouriteFood = "pizza";
int bestScore = 120;
Console.WriteLine(favouriteFood);
Console.WriteLine(bestScore);

A box called x works, but bestScore tells you what it holds.

guess first

One capital letter. What happens?

Guess before you run it. Wrong guesses are how you learn, and nothing is marked.

using System;

int score = 10;
Console.WriteLine(Score);

your turn

Your turn. Name a box for your pet.

Make up a camelCase name, like petName, and type it in the first and last blanks. Put a pet's name between the quotes, then run it.

Your code

output

press run to see what happens

fix it

This name has a space in it. Can you fix it?

Broken code to fix

output

press run to see what happens

C# says it expected a comma on line 3. It thinks the name stopped at the space.
Names cannot have spaces. Squash the two words together into one name.
Write favouriteColour, with a capital C, on lines 3 and 4, then press run.

nailed it

your boxes have good names now. :D

Names use letters, digits and _, with no spaces.
Keywords like int are taken, and capitals matter.
Use camelCase names that say what is inside.

new words in your collection

keyword
camelCase

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