Console.Write Method (String, Object) (System)

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.NET Framework Class Library

Console.Write Method (String, Object)

Writes the text representation of the specified object to the standard output stream using the specified format information.

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic

<HostProtectionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, UI := True)> _
Public Shared Sub Write ( _
	format As String, _
	arg0 As Object _
)

[HostProtectionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, UI = true)]
public static void Write(
	string format,
	Object arg0
)

Visual C++

[HostProtectionAttribute(SecurityAction::LinkDemand, UI = true)]
public:
static void Write(
	String^ format, 
	Object^ arg0
)

[<HostProtectionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, UI = true)>]
static member Write : 
        format:string * 
        arg0:Object -> unit

Parameters

format: Type: System.String
A composite format string (see Remarks).

arg0: Type: System.Object
An object to write using format.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
IOException	An I/O error occurred.
ArgumentNullException	format is null.
FormatException	The format specification in format is invalid.

Remarks

This method uses the composite formatting feature of the .NET Framework to convert the value of an object to its text representation and embed that representation in a string. The resulting string is written to the output stream.

The format parameter consists of zero or more runs of text intermixed with zero or more indexed placeholders, called format items, that correspond to an object in the parameter list of this method. The formatting process replaces each format item with the text representation of the value of the corresponding object.

The syntax of a format item is {index[,alignment][:formatString]}, which specifies a mandatory index, the optional length and alignment of the formatted text, and an optional string of format specifier characters that govern how the value of the corresponding object is formatted.

The .NET Framework provides extensive formatting support, which is described in greater detail in the following formatting topics.

For more information about the composite formatting feature supported by methods such as Format, AppendFormat, and some overloads of WriteLine, see Composite Formatting.
For more information about numeric format specifiers, see Standard Numeric Format Strings and Custom Numeric Format Strings.
For more information about date and time format specifiers, see Standard Date and Time Format Strings and Custom Date and Time Format Strings.
For more information about enumeration format specifiers, see Enumeration Format Strings.
For more information about formatting, see Formatting Types.

Note
The HostProtectionAttribute attribute applied to this type or member has the following Resources property value: UI. The HostProtectionAttribute does not affect desktop applications (which are typically started by double-clicking an icon, typing a command, or entering a URL in a browser). For more information, see the HostProtectionAttribute class or SQL Server Programming and Host Protection Attributes.

Note

The HostProtectionAttribute attribute applied to this type or member has the following Resources property value: UI. The HostProtectionAttribute does not affect desktop applications (which are typically started by double-clicking an icon, typing a command, or entering a URL in a browser). For more information, see the HostProtectionAttribute class or SQL Server Programming and Host Protection Attributes.

Examples

The following code example uses the WriteLine method to demonstrate the standard formatting specifiers for numbers, dates, and enumerations.

Visual Basic


' This code example demonstrates the Console.WriteLine() method.
' Formatting for this example uses the "en-US" culture.

Imports System
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic

Class Sample
   Public Enum Color
      Yellow = 1
      Blue = 2
      Green = 3
   End Enum 'Color
   Private Shared thisDate As DateTime = DateTime.Now

   Public Shared Sub Main()
      Console.Clear()

      ' Format a negative integer or floating-point number in various ways.
      Console.WriteLine("Standard Numeric Format Specifiers")
      Console.WriteLine("(C) Currency: . . . . . . . . {0:C}" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(D) Decimal:. . . . . . . . . {0:D}" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(E) Scientific: . . . . . . . {1:E}" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(F) Fixed point:. . . . . . . {1:F}" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(G) General:. . . . . . . . . {0:G}" & vbCrLf & _
                        "    (default):. . . . . . . . {0} (default = 'G')" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(N) Number: . . . . . . . . . {0:N}" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(P) Percent:. . . . . . . . . {1:P}" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(R) Round-trip: . . . . . . . {1:R}" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . {0:X}" & vbCrLf, _
                        - 123, - 123.45F)

      ' Format the current date in various ways.
      Console.WriteLine("Standard DateTime Format Specifiers")
      Console.WriteLine("(d) Short date: . . . . . . . {0:d}" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(D) Long date:. . . . . . . . {0:D}" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(t) Short time: . . . . . . . {0:t}" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(T) Long time:. . . . . . . . {0:T}" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(f) Full date/short time: . . {0:f}" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(F) Full date/long time:. . . {0:F}" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(g) General date/short time:. {0:g}" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(G) General date/long time: . {0:G}" & vbCrLf & _
                        "    (default):. . . . . . . . {0} (default = 'G')" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(M) Month:. . . . . . . . . . {0:M}" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(R) RFC1123:. . . . . . . . . {0:R}" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(s) Sortable: . . . . . . . . {0:s}" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(u) Universal sortable: . . . {0:u} (invariant)" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(U) Universal full date/time: {0:U}" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(Y) Year: . . . . . . . . . . {0:Y}" & vbCrLf, _
                        thisDate)

      ' Format a Color enumeration value in various ways.
      Console.WriteLine("Standard Enumeration Format Specifiers")
      Console.WriteLine("(G) General:. . . . . . . . . {0:G}" & vbCrLf & _
                        "    (default):. . . . . . . . {0} (default = 'G')" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(F) Flags:. . . . . . . . . . {0:F} (flags or integer)" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(D) Decimal number: . . . . . {0:D}" & vbCrLf & _
                        "(X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . {0:X}" & vbCrLf, _
                        Color.Green)
   End Sub 'Main
End Class 'Sample
'
'This code example produces the following results:
'
'Standard Numeric Format Specifiers
'(C) Currency: . . . . . . . . ($123.00)
'(D) Decimal:. . . . . . . . . -123
'(E) Scientific: . . . . . . . -1.234500E+002
'(F) Fixed point:. . . . . . . -123.45
'(G) General:. . . . . . . . . -123
'    (default):. . . . . . . . -123 (default = 'G')
'(N) Number: . . . . . . . . . -123.00
'(P) Percent:. . . . . . . . . -12,345.00 %
'(R) Round-trip: . . . . . . . -123.45
'(X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . FFFFFF85
'
'Standard DateTime Format Specifiers
'(d) Short date: . . . . . . . 6/26/2004
'(D) Long date:. . . . . . . . Saturday, June 26, 2004
'(t) Short time: . . . . . . . 8:11 PM
'(T) Long time:. . . . . . . . 8:11:04 PM
'(f) Full date/short time: . . Saturday, June 26, 2004 8:11 PM
'(F) Full date/long time:. . . Saturday, June 26, 2004 8:11:04 PM
'(g) General date/short time:. 6/26/2004 8:11 PM
'(G) General date/long time: . 6/26/2004 8:11:04 PM
'    (default):. . . . . . . . 6/26/2004 8:11:04 PM (default = 'G')
'(M) Month:. . . . . . . . . . June 26
'(R) RFC1123:. . . . . . . . . Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:11:04 GMT
'(s) Sortable: . . . . . . . . 2004-06-26T20:11:04
'(u) Universal sortable: . . . 2004-06-26 20:11:04Z (invariant)
'(U) Universal full date/time: Sunday, June 27, 2004 3:11:04 AM
'(Y) Year: . . . . . . . . . . June, 2004
'
'Standard Enumeration Format Specifiers
'(G) General:. . . . . . . . . Green
'    (default):. . . . . . . . Green (default = 'G')
'(F) Flags:. . . . . . . . . . Green (flags or integer)
'(D) Decimal number: . . . . . 3
'(X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . 00000003
'


// This code example demonstrates the Console.WriteLine() method.
// Formatting for this example uses the "en-US" culture.

using System;
class Sample 
{
    enum Color {Yellow = 1, Blue, Green};
    static DateTime thisDate = DateTime.Now;

    public static void Main() 
    {
    Console.Clear();

// Format a negative integer or floating-point number in various ways.
    Console.WriteLine("Standard Numeric Format Specifiers");
    Console.WriteLine(
        "(C) Currency: . . . . . . . . {0:C}\n" +
        "(D) Decimal:. . . . . . . . . {0:D}\n" +
        "(E) Scientific: . . . . . . . {1:E}\n" +
        "(F) Fixed point:. . . . . . . {1:F}\n" +
        "(G) General:. . . . . . . . . {0:G}\n" +
        "    (default):. . . . . . . . {0} (default = 'G')\n" +
        "(N) Number: . . . . . . . . . {0:N}\n" +
        "(P) Percent:. . . . . . . . . {1:P}\n" +
        "(R) Round-trip: . . . . . . . {1:R}\n" +
        "(X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . {0:X}\n",
        -123, -123.45f); 

// Format the current date in various ways.
    Console.WriteLine("Standard DateTime Format Specifiers");
    Console.WriteLine(
        "(d) Short date: . . . . . . . {0:d}\n" +
        "(D) Long date:. . . . . . . . {0:D}\n" +
        "(t) Short time: . . . . . . . {0:t}\n" +
        "(T) Long time:. . . . . . . . {0:T}\n" +
        "(f) Full date/short time: . . {0:f}\n" +
        "(F) Full date/long time:. . . {0:F}\n" +
        "(g) General date/short time:. {0:g}\n" +
        "(G) General date/long time: . {0:G}\n" +
        "    (default):. . . . . . . . {0} (default = 'G')\n" +
        "(M) Month:. . . . . . . . . . {0:M}\n" +
        "(R) RFC1123:. . . . . . . . . {0:R}\n" +
        "(s) Sortable: . . . . . . . . {0:s}\n" +
        "(u) Universal sortable: . . . {0:u} (invariant)\n" +
        "(U) Universal full date/time: {0:U}\n" +
        "(Y) Year: . . . . . . . . . . {0:Y}\n", 
        thisDate);

// Format a Color enumeration value in various ways.
    Console.WriteLine("Standard Enumeration Format Specifiers");
    Console.WriteLine(
        "(G) General:. . . . . . . . . {0:G}\n" +
        "    (default):. . . . . . . . {0} (default = 'G')\n" +
        "(F) Flags:. . . . . . . . . . {0:F} (flags or integer)\n" +
        "(D) Decimal number: . . . . . {0:D}\n" +
        "(X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . {0:X}\n", 
        Color.Green);       
    }
}
/*
This code example produces the following results:

Standard Numeric Format Specifiers
(C) Currency: . . . . . . . . ($123.00)
(D) Decimal:. . . . . . . . . -123
(E) Scientific: . . . . . . . -1.234500E+002
(F) Fixed point:. . . . . . . -123.45
(G) General:. . . . . . . . . -123
    (default):. . . . . . . . -123 (default = 'G')
(N) Number: . . . . . . . . . -123.00
(P) Percent:. . . . . . . . . -12,345.00 %
(R) Round-trip: . . . . . . . -123.45
(X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . FFFFFF85

Standard DateTime Format Specifiers
(d) Short date: . . . . . . . 6/26/2004
(D) Long date:. . . . . . . . Saturday, June 26, 2004
(t) Short time: . . . . . . . 8:11 PM
(T) Long time:. . . . . . . . 8:11:04 PM
(f) Full date/short time: . . Saturday, June 26, 2004 8:11 PM
(F) Full date/long time:. . . Saturday, June 26, 2004 8:11:04 PM
(g) General date/short time:. 6/26/2004 8:11 PM
(G) General date/long time: . 6/26/2004 8:11:04 PM
    (default):. . . . . . . . 6/26/2004 8:11:04 PM (default = 'G')
(M) Month:. . . . . . . . . . June 26
(R) RFC1123:. . . . . . . . . Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:11:04 GMT
(s) Sortable: . . . . . . . . 2004-06-26T20:11:04
(u) Universal sortable: . . . 2004-06-26 20:11:04Z (invariant)
(U) Universal full date/time: Sunday, June 27, 2004 3:11:04 AM
(Y) Year: . . . . . . . . . . June, 2004

Standard Enumeration Format Specifiers
(G) General:. . . . . . . . . Green
    (default):. . . . . . . . Green (default = 'G')
(F) Flags:. . . . . . . . . . Green (flags or integer)
(D) Decimal number: . . . . . 3
(X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . 00000003

*/

Visual C++


// This code example demonstrates the Console.WriteLine() method.
// Formatting for this example uses the "en-US" culture.

using namespace System;

enum class Color {Yellow = 1, Blue, Green};

int main() 
{
    DateTime thisDate = DateTime::Now;
    Console::Clear();

    // Format a negative integer or floating-point number in various ways.
    Console::WriteLine("Standard Numeric Format Specifiers");
    Console::WriteLine(
        "(C) Currency: . . . . . . . . {0:C}\n" +
        "(D) Decimal:. . . . . . . . . {0:D}\n" +
        "(E) Scientific: . . . . . . . {1:E}\n" +
        "(F) Fixed point:. . . . . . . {1:F}\n" +
        "(G) General:. . . . . . . . . {0:G}\n" +
        "    (default):. . . . . . . . {0} (default = 'G')\n" +
        "(N) Number: . . . . . . . . . {0:N}\n" +
        "(P) Percent:. . . . . . . . . {1:P}\n" +
        "(R) Round-trip: . . . . . . . {1:R}\n" +
        "(X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . {0:X}\n",
        -123, -123.45f); 

    // Format the current date in various ways.
    Console::WriteLine("Standard DateTime Format Specifiers");
    Console::WriteLine(
        "(d) Short date: . . . . . . . {0:d}\n" +
        "(D) Long date:. . . . . . . . {0:D}\n" +
        "(t) Short time: . . . . . . . {0:t}\n" +
        "(T) Long time:. . . . . . . . {0:T}\n" +
        "(f) Full date/short time: . . {0:f}\n" +
        "(F) Full date/long time:. . . {0:F}\n" +
        "(g) General date/short time:. {0:g}\n" +
        "(G) General date/long time: . {0:G}\n" +
        "    (default):. . . . . . . . {0} (default = 'G')\n" +
        "(M) Month:. . . . . . . . . . {0:M}\n" +
        "(R) RFC1123:. . . . . . . . . {0:R}\n" +
        "(s) Sortable: . . . . . . . . {0:s}\n" +
        "(u) Universal sortable: . . . {0:u} (invariant)\n" +
        "(U) Universal full date/time: {0:U}\n" +
        "(Y) Year: . . . . . . . . . . {0:Y}\n", 
        thisDate);

    // Format a Color enumeration value in various ways.
    Console::WriteLine("Standard Enumeration Format Specifiers");
    Console::WriteLine(
        "(G) General:. . . . . . . . . {0:G}\n" +
        "    (default):. . . . . . . . {0} (default = 'G')\n" +
        "(F) Flags:. . . . . . . . . . {0:F} (flags or integer)\n" +
        "(D) Decimal number: . . . . . {0:D}\n" +
        "(X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . {0:X}\n", 
        Color::Green);       

};


/*
This code example produces the following results:

Standard Numeric Format Specifiers
(C) Currency: . . . . . . . . ($123.00)
(D) Decimal:. . . . . . . . . -123
(E) Scientific: . . . . . . . -1.234500E+002
(F) Fixed point:. . . . . . . -123.45
(G) General:. . . . . . . . . -123
(default):. . . . . . . . -123 (default = 'G')
(N) Number: . . . . . . . . . -123.00
(P) Percent:. . . . . . . . . -12,345.00 %
(R) Round-trip: . . . . . . . -123.45
(X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . FFFFFF85

Standard DateTime Format Specifiers
(d) Short date: . . . . . . . 6/26/2004
(D) Long date:. . . . . . . . Saturday, June 26, 2004
(t) Short time: . . . . . . . 8:11 PM
(T) Long time:. . . . . . . . 8:11:04 PM
(f) Full date/short time: . . Saturday, June 26, 2004 8:11 PM
(F) Full date/long time:. . . Saturday, June 26, 2004 8:11:04 PM
(g) General date/short time:. 6/26/2004 8:11 PM
(G) General date/long time: . 6/26/2004 8:11:04 PM
(default):. . . . . . . . 6/26/2004 8:11:04 PM (default = 'G')
(M) Month:. . . . . . . . . . June 26
(R) RFC1123:. . . . . . . . . Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:11:04 GMT
(s) Sortable: . . . . . . . . 2004-06-26T20:11:04
(u) Universal sortable: . . . 2004-06-26 20:11:04Z (invariant)
(U) Universal full date/time: Sunday, June 27, 2004 3:11:04 AM
(Y) Year: . . . . . . . . . . June, 2004

Standard Enumeration Format Specifiers
(G) General:. . . . . . . . . Green
(default):. . . . . . . . Green (default = 'G')
(F) Flags:. . . . . . . . . . Green (flags or integer)
(D) Decimal number: . . . . . 3
(X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . . . 00000003

*/

The following code example illustrates the use of the Write method.

Visual Basic


Public Class FormatConverter
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      Dim lineInput As String
      lineInput = Console.ReadLine()
      While Not lineInput Is Nothing
         Dim fields() As String = lineInput.Split(ControlChars.Tab)
         Dim isFirstField As Boolean = True
         Dim item As String
         For Each item In  fields
            If isFirstField Then
               isFirstField = False
            Else
               Console.Write(",")
            End If
            ' If the field represents a boolean, replace with a numeric representation.
            Try
               Console.Write(Convert.ToByte(Convert.ToBoolean(item)))
            Catch
               Console.Write(item)
            End Try
         Next item
         Console.WriteLine()
         lineInput = Console.ReadLine()
      End While
   End Sub 'Main
End Class 'FormatConverter


public class FormatConverter {
    public static void Main(string[] args) {
        string lineInput;
        while ((lineInput = Console.ReadLine()) != null) {
            string[] fields = lineInput.Split(new char[] {'\t'});
            bool isFirstField = true;
            foreach(string item in fields) {
                if (isFirstField)
                    isFirstField = false;
                else
                    Console.Write(',');
                // If the field represents a boolean, replace with a numeric representation.
                try {
                    Console.Write(Convert.ToByte(Convert.ToBoolean(item)));
                }
                catch(FormatException) {
                    Console.Write(item);
                }
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
    }
}

Visual C++


int main()
{
   array<String^>^lineInputArr = {"1   2.2   hello	TRUE","2   5.22   bye	FALSE","3   6.38   see ya'	TRUE"};
   for ( Int32 i = 0; i < 3; i++ )
   {
      String^ lineInput = lineInputArr->GetValue( i )->ToString();
      String^ aChar =  "\t";
      array<String^>^fields = lineInput->Split( aChar->ToCharArray() );
      Boolean isFirstField = true;
      for ( Int32 i = 0; i < fields->Length; i++ )
      {
         if ( isFirstField )
                  isFirstField = false;
         else
                  Console::Write( "," );

         // If the field represents a boolean, replace with a numeric representation.
         try
         {
            Console::Write( Convert::ToByte( Convert::ToBoolean( fields[ i ] ) ) );
         }
         catch ( FormatException^ ) 
         {
            Console::Write( fields[ i ] );
         }


      }
      Console::WriteLine();

   }
}

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

.NET Framework Security

UIPermission
for modifying safe top-level windows and subwindows. Associated enumeration: UIPermissionWindow.SafeTopLevelWindows

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

Console Class

Write Overload

System Namespace

Read

ReadLine

WriteLine

Other Resources

Formatting Types