C# 7.0 All-in-One For Dummies

Chapter 5

Getting into the Program Flow

IN THIS CHAPTER

Making decisions if you can

Deciding what else to do

Using the while and do … while loops

Using the for loop and understanding scope

Consider this simple program:

using System;namespace HelloWorld{ public class Program { // This is where the program starts. static void Main(string[] args) { // Prompt user to enter a name. Console.WriteLine("Enter your name, please:"); // Now read the name entered. string name = Console.ReadLine(); // Greet the user with the entered name. Console.WriteLine("Hello, " + name); // Wait for user to acknowledge the results. Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to terminate … "); Console.Read(); } }}

Beyond introducing you to a few fundamentals of C# programming, this program is almost worthless. It simply spits back out whatever you entered. You can imagine more complicated program examples that accept input, perform some type of calculations, generate some type of output (otherwise, why do the calculations?), and then exit at the bottom. However, a program such as this one can be of only limited use. ...