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Console.Read Method

.NET Framework 1.1

Reads the next character from the standard input stream.

[Visual Basic]
Public Shared Function Read() As Integer
[C#]
public static int Read();
[C++]
public: static int Read();
[JScript]
public static function Read() : int;

Return Value

The next character from the input stream, or negative one (-1) if no more characters are available.

Exceptions

Exception Type	Condition
IOException	An I/O error occurred.

Remarks

This method will not return until the read operation is terminated; for example, by the user pressing the enter key. If data is available, the input stream contains what the user entered, suffixed with the environment dependent newline character.

Example

[Visual Basic] 
Dim i As Integer
Dim c As Char
While True
    i = Console.Read()
    If i = - 1 Then
        Exit While
    End If
    c = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Chr(i)
    Console.WriteLine("Echo: {0}", c)
End While
Console.WriteLine("Done")
Return 0

[C#] 
int i;
char c;
while (true)
{
 i = Console.Read ();
 if (i == -1) break;
 c = (char) i;
 Console.WriteLine ("Echo: {0}", c);
}
Console.WriteLine ("Done");
return 0;

[C++] 
int i;
char c;
for(;;)
{
 i = Console::Read ();
 if (i == -1) break;
 c = (char) i;
 Console::WriteLine (S"Echo: {0}", __box(c));
}
Console::WriteLine (S"Done");
return 0;

[JScript] 
var i : int;
var c : char;
while (true)
{
 i = Console.Read ();
 if (i == -1) break;
 c = char(i);
 Console.WriteLine ("Echo: {0}", c);
}
Console.WriteLine ("Done");
return 0;

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