Lesson 4: Control Statements - Loops In the last lesson, you learned how to create a simple loop by using the goto statement. I advised you that this is not the best way to perform loops in C#. The information in this lesson will teach you the proper way to execute iterative logic with the various C# looping statements. Its goal is to meet the following objectives: Learn the while loop. Learn the do loop. Learn the for loop. Learn the foreach loop. Complete your knowledge of the break statement. Teach you how to use the continue statement. The...

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Lesson 3: Control Statements - Selection In the last couple of lessons, every program you saw contained a limited amount of sequential steps and then stopped. There were no decisions you could make with the input and the only constraint was to follow straight through to the end. The information in this lesson will help you branch into separate logical sequences based on decisions you make. More specifically, the goals of this lesson are as follows: Learn the if statements. Learn the switch statement. Learn how break is used in switch statements. Understand...

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The C# Station Tutorial by Joe Mayo created 8/27/00, updated 10/6/01, 3/12/03, 1/22/05, 2/21/08, 4/29/08, 8/16/08, 10/11/08, 1/12/09, 9/2/11 Lesson 2: Operators, Types, and Variables This lesson introduces C# operators, types, and variables. Its goal is to meet the following objectives: Understand what a variable is. Familiarization with C# built-in types. Get an introduction to C# operators. Learn how to use Arrays. Variables and Types "Variables" are simply storage locations for data. You can place data into them and retrieve their contents...

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The C# Station Tutorial by Joe Mayo created 8/20/00, updated 9/24/01, 3/6/03, 8/16/03, 1/16/05, 4/30/07, 2/21/08, 3/12/08, 4/29/08, 7/6/08, 8/16/08, 1/12/09, 9/2/11 Lesson 1: Getting Started with C# This lesson will get you started with C# by introducing a few very simple programs. Here are the objectives of this lesson: Understand the basic structure of a C# program. Obtain a basic familiarization of what a "Namespace" is. Obtain a basic understanding of what a Class is. Learn what a Main method does. Learn how to obtain command-line input. Learn...

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Welcome Welcome to C# Station! This is a community site for people interested in applying .NET using the C# programming language. We've been around since July 4th 2000 and have continued to grow over the years. Items of interest include Articles, Books, Links, Documentation, and Tutorials. More... Who Operates this Site? This site is owned and operated by Joe Mayo. Besides articles and tutorials on this site, Joe is a published author. His latest book, LINQ Programming is available now. Joe has a blog too. You can also follow Joe on Twitter. Also,...

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Top 10 Internet tips and tricks

Top 10 Internet tips and tricks You don't need the http:// portion of a web page When entering an Internet address you do not need to type http:// or even www. in the address. For example, if you wanted to visit Computer Hope you could just type computerhope.com and press enter. To make things even quicker, if you are visiting a .com address you can type computerhope and then press Ctrl + Enter to type out the full http://www.computerhope.com address. Quickly move between the fields of a web page If you are filling out an online form, e-mail,...

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How do I download or save a YouTube video to my computer?

How do I download or save a YouTube video to my computer? YouTubeYouTube has been designed to only allow users to watch and view videos on their website. Many users want to save their favorite videos to their computer so they can watch them without being connected to the Internet or so they can watch them on other devices. Below are the steps required for downloading and watching YouTube videos on your computer for free. Note: These steps are for saving a YouTube video and not saving only the audio of a YouTube video to an MP3 file. How to watch...

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