Console.Out Property (System)

Out Property

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.NET Framework Class Library

Console..::.Out Property

Gets the standard output stream.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Shared ReadOnly Property Out As TextWriter

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim value As TextWriter

value = Console.Out

public static TextWriter Out { get; }

Visual C++

public:
static property TextWriter^ Out {
    TextWriter^ get ();
}

/** @property */
public static TextWriter get_Out()

JScript

public static function get Out () : TextWriter

Property Value

Type: System.IO..::.TextWriter

A TextWriter that represents the standard output stream.

Remarks

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

Examples

The following code example illustrates the use of the Out property.

Visual Basic

Imports System.IO

Public Class InsertTabs
   Private Const tabSize As Integer = 4
   Private Const usageText As String = "Usage: INSERTTABS inputfile.txt outputfile.txt"

   Public Shared Function Main(args() As String) As Integer
      Dim writer As StreamWriter = Nothing

      If args.Length < 2 Then
         Console.WriteLine(usageText)
         Return 1
      End If

      Try
         writer = New StreamWriter(args(1))
         Console.SetOut(writer)
         Console.SetIn(New StreamReader(args(0)))
      Catch e As IOException
         Dim errorWriter As TextWriter = Console.Error
         errorWriter.WriteLine(e.Message)
         errorWriter.WriteLine(usageText)
         Return 1
      End Try
      Dim line As String
      line = Console.ReadLine()
      While Not line Is Nothing
         Dim newLine As String = line.Replace("".PadRight(tabSize, " "c), ControlChars.Tab)
         Console.WriteLine(newLine)
         line = Console.ReadLine()
      End While
      writer.Close()
      ' Recover the standard output stream so that a 
      ' completion message can be displayed.
      Dim standardOutput As New StreamWriter(Console.OpenStandardOutput())
      standardOutput.AutoFlush = True
      Console.SetOut(standardOutput)
      Console.WriteLine("INSERTTABS has completed the processing of {0}.", args(0))
      Return 0
   End Function 'Main
End Class 'InsertTabs

using System;
using System.IO;

public class InsertTabs {
    private const int tabSize = 4;
    private const string usageText = "Usage: INSERTTABS inputfile.txt outputfile.txt";
    public static int Main(string[] args) {
        StreamWriter writer = null;

        if (args.Length < 2) {
            Console.WriteLine(usageText);
            return 1;
        }

        try {
            writer = new StreamWriter(args[1]);
            Console.SetOut(writer);
            Console.SetIn(new StreamReader(args[0]));
        }
        catch(IOException e) {
            TextWriter errorWriter = Console.Error;
            errorWriter.WriteLine(e.Message);
            errorWriter.WriteLine(usageText);
            return 1;            
        }
        string line;
        while ((line = Console.ReadLine()) != null) {
            string newLine = line.Replace(("").PadRight(tabSize, ' '), "\t");
            Console.WriteLine(newLine);
        }
        writer.Close();
        // Recover the standard output stream so that a 
        // completion message can be displayed.
        StreamWriter standardOutput = new StreamWriter(Console.OpenStandardOutput());
        standardOutput.AutoFlush = true;
        Console.SetOut(standardOutput);
        Console.WriteLine("INSERTTABS has completed the processing of {0}.", args[0]);
        return 0;
    }
}

Visual C++

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;

int main()
{
   array<String^>^args = Environment::GetCommandLineArgs();
   const int tabSize = 4;
   String^ usageText = "Usage: INSERTTABS inputfile.txt outputfile.txt";
   StreamWriter^ writer = nullptr;
   if ( args->Length < 3 )
   {
      Console::WriteLine( usageText );
      return 1;
   }

   try
   {
      writer = gcnew StreamWriter( args[ 2 ] );
      Console::SetOut( writer );
      Console::SetIn( gcnew StreamReader( args[ 1 ] ) );
   }
   catch ( IOException^ e ) 
   {
      TextWriter^ errorWriter = Console::Error;
      errorWriter->WriteLine( e->Message );
      errorWriter->WriteLine( usageText );
      return 1;
   }

   String^ line;
   while ( (line = Console::ReadLine()) != nullptr )
   {
      String^ newLine = line->Replace( ((String^)"")->PadRight( tabSize, ' ' ), "\t" );
      Console::WriteLine( newLine );
   }

   writer->Close();

   // Recover the standard output stream so that a 
   // completion message can be displayed.
   StreamWriter^ standardOutput = gcnew StreamWriter( Console::OpenStandardOutput() );
   standardOutput->AutoFlush = true;
   Console::SetOut( standardOutput );
   Console::WriteLine( "INSERTTABS has completed the processing of {0}.", args[ 1 ] );
   return 0;
}

import System.* ;
import System.IO.* ;

public class InsertTabs
{
    private static int tabSize = 4;
    private static String usageText = "Usage: INSERTTABS inputfile.txt"
        + " outputfile.txt";

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        StreamWriter writer = null;

        if (args.length < 2) {        
            Console.WriteLine(usageText);
            return ;
        }

        try {        
            writer = new StreamWriter(args[1]);
            Console.SetOut(writer);
            Console.SetIn(new StreamReader(args[0]));
        }
        catch (IOException e) {        
            TextWriter errorWriter = Console.get_Error();
            errorWriter.WriteLine(e.get_Message());
            errorWriter.WriteLine(usageText);
            return ;
        }

        String line;
        while (((line = Console.ReadLine()) != null)) {        
            String newLine = line.Replace("".PadRight(tabSize, ' '), "\t");
            Console.WriteLine(newLine);
        }

        writer.Close();

        // Recover the standard output stream so that a 
        // completion message can be displayed.
        StreamWriter standardOutput = new StreamWriter(Console.
            OpenStandardOutput());
        standardOutput.set_AutoFlush(true);
        Console.SetOut(standardOutput);
        Console.WriteLine("INSERTTABS has completed the processing of {0}.", 
            args[0]);    
    } //main
} //InsertTabs

JScript

import System;
import System.IO;

const tabSize = 4;
const usageText = "Usage: INSERTTABS inputfile.txt outputfile.txt";

var writer : StreamWriter = null;
var args = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs();

if (args.Length != 3) {
    Console.WriteLine(usageText);
    Environment.Exit(1);
}

try {
    writer = new StreamWriter(args[2]);
    Console.SetOut(writer);
    Console.SetIn(new StreamReader(args[1]));
}
catch(e : IOException) {
    var errorWriter = Console.Error;
    errorWriter.WriteLine(e.Message);
    errorWriter.WriteLine(usageText);
    Environment.Exit(1);            
}
var line;
while ((line = Console.ReadLine()) != null) {
    var newLine = line.Replace(("").PadRight(tabSize, ' '), "\t");
    Console.WriteLine(newLine);
}
writer.Close();
// Recover the standard output stream so that a 
// completion message can be displayed.
var standardOutput = new StreamWriter(Console.OpenStandardOutput());
standardOutput.AutoFlush = true;
Console.SetOut(standardOutput);
Console.WriteLine("INSERTTABS has completed the processing of {0}.", args[0]);

Platforms

Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, 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

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.

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