Reading from the Console

In the previous step, we printed the game board to the console. In this one, we will implement a player's move.

Console.ReadLine

In C#, reading data from the console is done using the Console.ReadLine() method. This method reads a line of text entered by the user and returns it as a string.


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Console.WriteLine("Enter your name: ");
// Reading a string
string name = Console.ReadLine();
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Converting from string to number

If you need to read a number, the string can be converted to the required numeric type using the int.Parse() method.


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Console.WriteLine("Enter your age:");
// Reading a number
string ageString = Console.ReadLine();
int age = int.Parse(ageString);
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Exercises

Read your last name and first name, and print them on one line using interpolation.


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What year were you born? Read the year, calculate your age (current year - entered year), and print it.


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