Console.In Property (System)

.NET Framework Class Library

Console..::.In Property

Gets the standard input stream.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Shared ReadOnly Property In As TextReader

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim value As TextReader

value = Console.In

public static TextReader In { get; }

Visual C++

public:
static property TextReader^ In {
    TextReader^ get ();
}

JScript

public static function get In () : TextReader

Property Value

Type: System.IO..::.TextReader
A TextReader that represents the standard input stream.

Remarks

This property is set to the standard input stream by default. This property can be set to another stream with the SetIn method.

Examples

The following sample illustrates the use of the In property.

Visual Basic

Imports System
Imports System.IO

Class InTest

    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim tIn As TextReader = Console.In
        Dim tOut As TextWriter = Console.Out


        tOut.WriteLine("Hola Mundo!")
        tOut.Write("What is your name: ")
        Dim name As [String] = tIn.ReadLine()

        tOut.WriteLine("Buenos Dias, {0}!", name)
    End Sub 'Main
End Class 'InTest

using System;
using System.IO;

class InTest {
    public static void Main() {

        TextReader tIn = Console.In;
        TextWriter tOut = Console.Out;

        tOut.WriteLine("Hola Mundo!");
        tOut.Write("What is your name: ");
        String name = tIn.ReadLine();

        tOut.WriteLine("Buenos Dias, {0}!", name);
    }
}

Visual C++

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
int main()
{
   TextReader^ tIn = Console::In;
   TextWriter^ tOut = Console::Out;
   tOut->WriteLine( "Hola Mundo!" );
   tOut->Write( "What is your name: " );
   String^ name = tIn->ReadLine();
   tOut->WriteLine( "Buenos Dias, {0}!", name );
}

JScript

import System;
import System.IO;

var tIn : TextReader = Console.In;
var tOut : TextWriter = Console.Out;

tOut.WriteLine("Hola Mundo!");
tOut.Write("What is your name: ");
var name : String = tIn.ReadLine();
tOut.WriteLine("Buenos Dias, {0}!", Object(name));

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

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

Version Information

.NET Framework

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

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0

Reference