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Articles about solving problems in .NET Console Apps (such as getting user input).
There’s two ways to unit test code that writes to the console (Console.WriteLine() / Console.Write()): In this article, I’ll show how to do both options. Option 1 – Capture the output with Console.SetOut() Let’s say you want to unit test the following code that outputs to the console with Console.WriteLine(): You can unit test this … Read more
In a console app there are two ways to get commands: Command line arguments passed into your program via Main(string[] args). User input from Console.ReadLine() (which you then split into a string[]). After getting a command, you have to parse it to figure out what code to execute. Typically commands have the following format: commandName … Read more
The following code shows how to wait for user input in a Console App: When the user types something in and presses the Enter key, Console.ReadLine() will return what they typed. Console.ReadLine() vs Console.ReadKey() Console.ReadLine() waits for the user to press Enter, and then returns everything they typed in. Console.ReadKey() returns individual key presses. It … Read more
