(Newbie question) if-else statement ignoring strings?

Question

Now, I aknowledge this question may be a bit stupid but I couldn't find what was wrong with my code by myself so I thought I could ask for help on the forums.

well, for context, I make simple codes in the code playground beetween courses to make sure that I can apply what I learned, but when I was testing if-else statements I was greeted with an error message that basically said that a string that I stored at the start of the code didn't exist.

I attached my code with this post, so you can check it out to see what's wrong
https://code.sololearn.com/clfkJiT8g5Lg/?ref=app

Answer 1

To check for equality, use '==' instead of '='.
And place string Manuel in double quotes like "Manuel".

Answer 2

To check for string equality use Equals methods:

if(MyName.Equals("Manuel"))

Answer 3

perfect!!

Answer 4

I think of ‘=‘ as ‘assign’ and == ( or === depending on language) as equals. This may help you too.

Answer 5

Guys. Of course my code works. BECAUSE IT'S FIXED. SOMEONE HELPED ME OUT.

Answer 6

I wrote a commercial C sharp program in Visual Studios 10 that uses Forms for inputs. It is Tutorial for individuals studying Electronics! I have always loved science and engineering!

Answer 7

= is used for assigning a value to a varible.
== is used in logic decisions comparing two varible to see if is true they are equal to each other.

Answer 8

What language are you programming?

Answer 9

This is code I corrected:

String MyName = Console.ReadLine();

Notice I spelled string with a capital S

Answer 10

And I do not get an error, everything works

Answer 11

I found the bug! For C#, you don’t need the MyName.Equals(“text”). You just need an equality sign like MyName==“text here”. You do need to do that in Java, but not in C#! Here is a link to the fixed code. Link:
https://code.sololearn.com/c48J0Tcmtk69/?ref=app

Answer 12

I tested your code and did not have any errors! I used "Manuel" then "Sam" each time it branched to the correct output!

Answer 13

Oh how can someone help you unless you send code with errors?

Answer 14

Yes.

Answer 15

its already fixed, no?

Answer 16

What if we wanna do greater or equal to?