Simple static methods (Console) help

Question

Hi guys, this is my first time posting my problem here, i hope i get help :)

My Problem:

I am trying to display the "This Old Man" (first two stanzas only) in the Console. I am beginning to learn methods, so please bear my n00bishness.

The Song goes:

This old man, he played one
He played knick−knack on my thumb
With a knick−knack paddy−whack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home


This old man, he played two
He played knick−knack on my shoe
With a knick−knack paddy−whack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

---

I coded the following:

namespace Song
{
    class Song
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            doVerse(1);
            doChorus();
        }
        static void doChorus()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("With a knick−knack paddy−whack");
            Console.WriteLine("Give the dog a bone");
            Console.WriteLine("This old man came rolling home");
            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
        static void doVerse(int verseNum)
        {
            string message = "";
            message += "This old man, he played ";
            message += verseNum;
            message += ". \nHe played knick−knack ";
            //message += getPlace(verseNum);
            Console.WriteLine(message);
        }
        static void getPlace()
        {
            string message = "";
            switch (verseNum)
            {
                case 1:
                    message = "on my thumb ";
                    break;
                case 2:
                    message = "on my shoe";
                    break;
                default:
                    message = "not yet defined";
                    break;
            }
            return message;
        }
    }
}

Visual studio is giving me the following errors:

http://i56.tinypic.com/fx850m.jpg

I hope you guys understand my intention with this program.

Thanks

Regards,

Kyle :D

Answer 1

Change your getPlace method to this:

static string getPlace(int verseNum)
{
    string message = "";
    switch (verseNum)
    {
        case 1:
            message = "on my thumb ";
            break;
        case 2:
            message = "on my shoe";
            break;
        default:
            message = "not yet defined";
            break;
    }
    return message;
}

I'm guessing this is homework, so I'll explain why it wasn't working. You had two errors:

1. You're method was set to static void and you were trying to return a string. You had to replace void with string to indicate that the method returns a string.
2. You were using a variable called verseNum which was not present in the method. To pass in the variable you have to include it within the method signature.