meet it

Lines run in order, one after another.

A program can have lots of lines. C# runs them in order, top to bottom, like ticking off a shopping list. Everything your program shows on the screen is called its .

An empty Console.WriteLine() has nothing to show, so you get a blank line. It is handy for spacing things out.

WriteLine moves to a new line after showing its text. Its cousin , with no Line, stays on the same line, so the next text carries straight on.

using System;

Console.WriteLine("Ready");
Console.WriteLine("Steady");
Console.WriteLine();
Console.Write("Go, ");
Console.WriteLine("go, go!");

Write and WriteLine both show text, but only WriteLine moves down afterwards.

guess first

How will this look on the screen?

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

using System;

Console.Write("Fish ");
Console.Write("and ");
Console.WriteLine("chips");

your turn

Your turn. Write a knock knock joke.

Type who is at the door on lines 5 and 6, the same both times. Put your punchline on line 8, then press run and enjoy your output.

Your code

output

press run to see what happens

fix it

The shopping list is all squashed up. Can you fix it?

Broken code to fix

output

press run to see what happens

Run it and look at the output. The three items land on one line as MilkBreadJam.
Write stays on the line. Which command moves to a new line afterwards?
Change Write to WriteLine on lines 4, 5 and 6, then press run.

nailed it

you made the computer tell a joke. :D

Lines run in order, from top to bottom.
An empty Console.WriteLine() makes a blank line.
Write stays on the line. WriteLine moves to a new one.

new words in your collection

output
Console.Write

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