Every application needs to be able to select from choices and branch along different code paths. The two selection statements in C# are if
and switch
. You can use if
for all your code, but switch
can simplify your code in some common scenarios.
Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2017. In Visual Studio, press Ctrl + Shift + N or choose File
| New
| Project...
.
In theNew Project
dialog, in the Installed
list, select Visual C#
. In the list at the center, select Console App (.NET Core)
, type the name SelectionStatements
, change the location to C:\Code
, type the solution name Chapter03
, and then click on OK
.
If you have completed the previous chapters, then you will already have a Code
folder in your user folder. If not, create it, and then create a subfolder named Chapter03
, and then a sub-subfolder named SelectionStatements
.
Start Visual Studio Code and open the /Chapter03/SelectionStatements/
folder.
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