C# Console WriteLine(String, Object, Object, Object)

Description

Console WriteLine(String, Object, Object, Object) writes the text representation of the specified objects, followed by the current line terminator, to the standard output stream using the specified format information.

Syntax

Console.WriteLine(String, Object, Object, Object) has the following syntax.


[HostProtectionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, UI = true)]
public static void WriteLine(
  string format,//w  w w  .j a v a  2  s  .  c  o  m
  Object arg0,
  Object arg1,
  Object arg2
)

Parameters

Console.WriteLine(String, Object, Object, Object) has the following parameters.

format - A composite format string (see Remarks).
arg0 - The first object to write using format.
arg1 - The second object to write using format.
arg2 - The third object to write using format.

Returns

Console.WriteLine(String, Object, Object, Object) method returns

Example

The following example demonstrates the standard formatting specifiers for numbers, dates, and enumerations.


//from  www .  ja  v  a2 s  .com

using System;
class Sample 
{
    enum Color {Yellow = 1, Blue, Green};
    static DateTime thisDate = DateTime.Now;

    public static void Main() 
    {
    // 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);       
    }
}

The code above generates the following result.