Guided project - Work with variable data in C#

Beginner
Developer
Higher Education Educator
K-12 Educator
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.NET
Visual Studio Code

Demonstrate your ability to develop a console app that implements data formatting and using arrays to deliver a search feature.

Learning objectives

  • Apply iteration statements to gather data input.

  • Use data processing.

  • Format data output.

  • Choose the correct data types and safely convert data types.

  • Manipulate number, string and character arrays, as well as add, remove, and sort data.

  • Modify and build complex strings from multiple data sources, and format data for display across regions.

Prerequisites

  • Experience using Visual Studio Code to develop, build, and run C# console applications that include console I/O and access the methods of .NET classes.

  • Experience using C# code to evaluate conditional expressions and manage variable scope inside and outside of code blocks.

  • Experience using if-elseif-else and switch-case statements in C# to match a variable or expression against several possible outcomes.

  • Experience using foreach and for statements in C# to loop through a block of code and access elements of array variables.