title: C# Console program that contains a constant static field to display text in the output main method
body: <p>Using C# for a console program in MicroSoft Visual Studio 2010, I have made some changes to this with some help from you guys and this console program is running correctly; however I need to implement a constant static field that will display the motto "To Obey the Girl Scout Law" in the output section of the main method. I know it must be something simple so please bear with me. When I include the public static const string Motto = "To Obey the Girl Scout Law" in the bass class, I get an error message - The constant 'DemoScouts.GirlScout.Motto' can not be static. The following is the complete code for this project:</p>
  
  <p>public class GirlScout
      {</p>
  
  <pre><code>    public static const string Motto = "To Obey the Girl Scout Law";  
  
      public static string scoutName;
      public static string enterName()
      {
          return scoutName;
      }
  
      public static int duesOwed;
      public static int enterAmount()
      {
          return duesOwed;
      }
  
      public static int troopNumber;
      public static int enterNumber()
      {
          return troopNumber;
      }
  }
  
  class MainClass : GirlScout
  {
      static void Main()
      {
          Console.WriteLine();
          Console.Write("Enter the Girl Scout's name: ");
          GirlScout.scoutName = Console.ReadLine();
          Console.WriteLine();
  
          Console.Write("Enter their Troop Number: ");
          string n = Console.ReadLine();
          GirlScout.troopNumber = Int32.Parse(n);
          GirlScout.enterNumber();
          Console.WriteLine();
  
          Console.Write("Enter the amount they Owe in Dues: $");
          string d = Console.ReadLine();
          GirlScout.duesOwed = Int32.Parse(d);
          GirlScout.enterAmount();
          Console.WriteLine();
  
          // Seperate the input from the output:
          Console.WriteLine();
          Console.WriteLine(GirlScout.Motto);
          Console.WriteLine("-----------------------------------------------");
          Console.WriteLine();
  
          // Display the new information:
          Console.WriteLine("The name of the Girl Scout is: {0}", GirlScout.scoutName);
          Console.WriteLine("The troop Number of the Girl Scout is:   {0}", GirlScout.troopNumber);
          Console.WriteLine("The amount of Dues Owed by this Girl Scout is: {0}", GirlScout.duesOwed);
  
          // Keep the console window open in debug mode.
          Console.ReadKey();
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>}</p>
  
  <p>Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated.</p>