Console.Write Method (String, Object, Object)
Writes the text representation of the specified objects to the standard output stream using the specified format information.
Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
[HostProtectionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, UI = true)] public static void Write( string format, Object arg0, Object arg1 )
Parameters
- format
- Type: System.String
A composite format string (see Remarks).
- arg0
- Type: System.Object
The first object to write using format.
- arg1
- Type: System.Object
The second object to write using format.
| Exception | Condition |
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| IOException | An I/O error occurred. |
| ArgumentNullException | format is null. |
| FormatException | The format specification in format is invalid. |
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.
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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. |
The following example uses the WriteLine method to demonstrate the standard formatting specifiers for numbers, dates, and enumerations.
// 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 */
The following example illustrates the use of the Write method.
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(); } } }
- UIPermission
for modifying safe top-level windows and subwindows. Associated enumeration: UIPermissionWindow.SafeTopLevelWindows
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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