C# Console Application

[kbjradmin]

i know that in a c# console application, you can write text to the screen with:

Console.WriteLine("text...");

but is there some way to then modify the text i have already writen?

i am writing a program that processes information in batches and want to have a running total on the screen of many loops have been completed, but don't want to write a new line each time (because that just looks stupid).

please help.

 

[Livewire]

Console.Clear();

Then re-write the entire screen's data.



Clumsy yes but it should work. You might wanna make a method called ScreenWrite or something similar that writes the entire console's data, so it is easier to modify and print the data that's needed.

 

[kbjradmin]

i thought of doing something like this, but wanted to know if there was a better way.

btw, i am still open to another suggestion if there is a better way...

 

[misson]

You can use Console.CursorLeft to get & set the column of the cursor. There's also Console.SetCursorPosition(). Printing a carriage return w/o a newline might also work. If you really want to get fancy, you can use a Curses binding.

 

[kbjradmin]

thank you, misson, Console.SetCursorPosition() worked perfectly. i would have given rep, but i've already given you some recently, so it won't let me.

 

[Livewire]

thank you, misson, Console.SetCursorPosition() worked perfectly. i would have given rep, but i've already given you some recently, so it won't let me.

I repped him for both of us; I wish I had known about that 2 console apps ago.


Freakin' wrote a whole method to clear the screen and redraw everything, couldve just used that to rewrite what I needed.