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Posted by erik Jones Oniga
erik Jones Oniga
3,307 Points

Hello Guys, does someone know what the function ,,System.Console.ReadLine'' does?

What does the function System.Console.ReadLine(); do?

I have an example:

I build a fitness app, and the app asks you how many times you exercise, then we use System.Conole.Write(''How many minutes did you exercise'') and in order that user can answer the question, we have to use the function ,,System.Console.ReadLine(); and store it to a variable. Is that right? Why do we need this funktion?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,122 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,122 Points

System.Console.ReadLine is the function that gets a line of characters that the user typed and returns it as a string. You said it yourself, you need this so the user can answer your question.

The MSDN Documentation is a good source of information for things like this.