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A simple command line program that reads from the console using Console Read() and Console ReadLine()
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/*
C# Programming Tips & Techniques
by Charles Wright, Kris Jamsa
Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (December 28, 2001)
ISBN: 0072193794
*/
/*
read.cs. A simple command line program that reads from
the console using Console.Read() and Console.ReadLine().
Compile this program using the following line:
C:>csc read.cs
*/
using System;
public class ReadCmdLine
{
static void Main()
{
Console.WriteLine ("First, using the Read() function " +
"without clearing the buffer");
int arg;
Console.Write("Type one or more characters: ");
while ((arg = Console.Read()) > 10)
{
if (arg == 13)
Console.WriteLine (" <EOL>");
else
Console.Write (Convert.ToChar(arg));
}
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine ("Now, using the Read() function and " +
"clearing the buffer");
Console.Write("Type one or more characters: ");
arg = Console.Read ();
string str = Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine ("The character is " + Convert.ToChar(arg));
}
}
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