diff --git a/csharp/Program.cs b/csharp/Program.cs
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+++ b/csharp/Program.cs
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+using System;
+
+namespace csharp
+{
+    class Program
+    {
+        static void Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");
+
+            // print out a variable
+            string helloString = "Hello World! as a varible";
+            Console.WriteLine(helloString);
+
+            // use string formatting
+            string wrld = "World!";
+            Console.WriteLine($"Hello {wrld}, we're doing string formatting");
+
+            //more formatting
+            string h = "Hello";
+            Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0} World", h));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/csharp/csharp.csproj b/csharp/csharp.csproj
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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+</Project>