Exercises

1. Research Microsoft's C# Language Tour web site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cscon/html/vclrfgettingstarted_pg.asp

   Cite any advantages or features of C# not mentioned in this chapter.

2. Explore the Microsoft .NET Framework home page at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnanchor/html/netfxanchor.asp

   Remember that C# can make use of all of the libraries and other capabilities provided by the .NET Framework.

3. Using a for loop and a continue statement, create a code snippet that will write the even numbers from 2 to 10 to the console.

4. Using what you know about defining blocks of code and proper indentation technique, make the following code snippet more readable:

           int count = 0;
           for (int j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
           count = j;
           for (int k = 0; k < 3; k++)
           count++;
           Console.WriteLine("count = " + count);
           }
   

5. Compare what you've learned about C# so far to another programming language that you are already familiar with. What is similar about the two languages? What is different?

6. Given these initial variable declarations and value assignments:

           int a = 1;
           int b = 1;
           int c = 1;
   

   evaluate the following expression:

         ((((c++ + --a) * b) != 2) && true)