Writes the current line terminator to the standard output stream.

[Visual Basic]
Overloads Public Shared Sub WriteLine()
[C#]
public static void WriteLine();
[C++]
public: static void WriteLine();
[JScript]
public static function WriteLine();

Exceptions

Remarks

The default line terminator is a string whose value is a carriage return followed by a line feed ("\r\n"). Change the line terminator by setting the TextWriter.NewLine property of the Out property to another string.

For example, in C#, set the line terminator to two carriage return and line feed sequences with the statement, Console.Out.NewLine =

"\r\n\r\n";.

Example

The following code sample illustrates the use of WriteLine:

[Visual Basic] 
Public Class TipCalculator
   Private Const tipRate As Double = 0.18
   
   'Entry point which delegates to C-style main Private Function
   Public Overloads Shared Sub Main()
      System.Environment.ExitCode = Main(System.Environment.GetCommandLineArgs())
   End Sub
   
   Overloads Public Shared Function Main(args() As String) As Integer
      Dim billTotal As Double
      If args.Length < 2 Then
         Console.WriteLine("usage: TIPCALC total")
         Return 1
      Else
         Try
            billTotal = Double.Parse(args(1))
         Catch
            Console.WriteLine("usage: TIPCALC total")
            Return 1
         End Try
         Dim tip As Double = billTotal * tipRate
         Console.WriteLine()
         Console.WriteLine("Bill total:" + ControlChars.Tab + "{0,8:c}", billTotal)
         Console.WriteLine("Tip total/rate:" + ControlChars.Tab + "{0,8:c} ({1:p1})", tip, tipRate)
         Console.WriteLine("".PadRight(24, "-"c))
         Console.WriteLine("Grand total:" + ControlChars.Tab + "{0,8:c}", billTotal + tip)
         Return 0
      End If
   End Function 'Main
End Class 'TipCalculator

[C#] 
public class TipCalculator {
    private const double tipRate = 0.18;
    public static int Main(string[] args) {
        double billTotal;
        if (args.Length == 0) {
            Console.WriteLine("usage: TIPCALC total");
            return 1;
        }
        else {
            try {
                billTotal = Double.Parse(args[0]);
            }
            catch(FormatException) {
                Console.WriteLine("usage: TIPCALC total");
                return 1;
            }
            double tip = billTotal * tipRate;
            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("Bill total:\t{0,8:c}", billTotal);
            Console.WriteLine("Tip total/rate:\t{0,8:c} ({1:p1})", tip, tipRate);
            Console.WriteLine(("").PadRight(24, '-'));
            Console.WriteLine("Grand total:\t{0,8:c}", billTotal + tip);
            return 0;
        }
    }
}

[C++] 
int main() {
String* args[] = Environment::GetCommandLineArgs();
    const double tipRate = 0.18;

    double billTotal;
    if (args->Length != 2) {
        Console::WriteLine(S"usage: TIPCALC total");
        return 1;
    }
    else {
        try {
            billTotal = Double::Parse(args[1]);
        }
        catch(FormatException*) {
            Console::WriteLine(S"usage: TIPCALC total");
            return 1;
        }
        double tip = billTotal * tipRate;
        Console::WriteLine();
        Console::WriteLine(S"Bill total:\t{0,8:c}", __box(billTotal));
        Console::WriteLine(S"Tip total/rate:\t{0,8:c} ({1:p1})", __box(tip), __box(tipRate));
        Console::WriteLine((S"")->PadRight(24, '-'));
        Console::WriteLine(S"Grand total:\t{0,8:c}", __box(billTotal + tip));
        return 0;
    }
}

[JScript] 

const tipRate : Number = 0.18;
var billTotal : Number;
var args : String[] = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs();

if (args.Length != 2) {
Console.WriteLine("usage: TIPCALC total");
Environment.Exit(1);
}

try {
billTotal = Double.Parse(args[1]);
}
catch(FormatException) {
Console.WriteLine("usage: TIPCALC total");
Environment.Exit(1);
}

var tip : double = billTotal * tipRate;
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Bill total:\t{0,8:c}", billTotal);
Console.WriteLine("Tip total/rate:\t{0,8:c} ({1:p1})", tip, tipRate);
Console.WriteLine(("").PadRight(24, '-'));
Console.WriteLine("Grand total:\t{0,8:c}", billTotal + tip);

Requirements

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, .NET Compact Framework, Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) Standard

See Also

Console Class | Console Members | System Namespace | Console.WriteLine Overload List | Read | ReadLine | Write | TextWriter.NewLine | Out