>>I agree, but you don't need to assign a value to MyString when you declare it. You can do it later in the code. I don't really see a difference between string and var here. In either case, you're not going to just define the variable. You're always going to assign a value and use it someplace.
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>I'm sorry Craig,
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>You have to assign a value when you declare it.
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>This won't compile
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>var xxx;   // Implicitely-typed local variables must be initialzed
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>xxx = "p";
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string xxx ;

will compile just fine.