# 1.5: String Challenges

In this module we'll give some challenges/exercises with the intention of deepening your understanding of strings.

## File Location

1. Right click on the solution you made in the first module, go to **Add > New Project**
2. Select **Console App (.NET Framework)**
3. Name it `0.04_String_Challenges`
4. Write your code for this module within `Program.cs` of that project

## Bronze Challenge:

* Practice joining strings together using concatenation, composite formatting, and interpolation
* [Composite reference](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/txafckwd.aspx)    
* <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/tokens/interpolated>

## Silver Challenge:

* Create a note to a potential employer that states your goals as a developer
* Include a string for today's date using`ToShortDateString()`- use the docs for [reference](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228504.aspx)
* Here's an example:

> "Dear Mr. Jones, Today is 3/11/2016. I'm enjoying class, and I think I like C# the best. I'd like to get a job as a developer after I finish this course."

## Gold Challenge:

* Create 2 strings: Your username in lowercase and your username in uppercase.
* Write code that compares the two strings and prints whether or not they are equal.
* Print one sentence that says they are equal. Print another that says they are not equal.&#x20;
* [Reference](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc165449.aspx)

[Answers](broken://pages/-LAUcFWfpx5SZtI27bwl)

[Next:](/dotnet-101-csharpfundamentals/part-1-data-types/1.7-integers.md) Integers


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