Char

Part of the Fundamentals section of Coddy's C# journey — lesson 6 of 69.

A char is a single character (For example: 1, 6, %, b, p, ., T, etc.)

To initialize a char value in a variable, enclose it within single quotation marks:

char c1 = 'h';

In the above example, a char variable named c1 is initialized.

Challenge

Beginner

Store the char B in a variable named initial.

Cheat sheet

A char is a single character (numbers, letters, symbols, etc.)

To initialize a char variable, enclose the character in single quotation marks:

char c1 = 'h';

Try it yourself

using System;

public class Program {
    public static void Main(string[] args) {
        // Type your code below
        char initial = ?
        
        // Don't change the line below
        Console.WriteLine("initial = " + initial);
    }
}

Test yourself

This lesson includes a short quiz. Start the lesson to answer it and track your progress.

All lessons in Fundamentals

1Introduction

C#Hello World!Comments Basic Program Structure

4Operators Part 1

Arithmetic Operators Modulo Operator Increment/Decrement Post Increment/Decrement Arithmetic Shortcuts

7Basic IO

Basic Output String Interpolation Reading Input Parse Recap - Till 120 Recap - True or False

10Methods (Functions)

Declaring Methods Method Parameters Return Types Optional Parameters Recap - Validation Function Void Methods

13Iterating Over Collections

Using For Loop Foreach Loop Common Array Operations

2Variables Part 1

NumbersCharString Boolean Type Declaration

5Operators Part 2

Comparison Operators Logical Operators Part 1 Logical Operators Part 2 Recap - Simple Logic Logical Operators Part 3

8Calculator App

Welcome Message Getting Numbers

Basic Operations

Formatted Output

11Arrays Basics

Declaring Arrays Accessing Elements Modifying Arrays Array Methods Recap - Product Array Edit Recap - Reversed Array

14Final Challenges

Number Pattern Pattern Finder Student Grade Calculator

3Variables Part 2

Var Constants Naming Conventions Recap - Initialize Variables Type Casting

6Decision Making

If Statement If - Else Switch Statement Ternary Operator Recap - If Else Nested If - Else

9Loops

For Loop While Loop Do While Loop Break Continue Nested Loop Infinite Loop Recap - Dynamic Input

12String Operations

String Methods Part 1 String Methods Part 2 String Formatting