Console.Write

This puts text on the console window. Getting started with the Console can be confusing. We learn the difference between Console.Write and Console.WriteLine.

Padding notes

We can place whitespace after a Console.Write call to add padding and even justify strings. The PadRight method can be used here.

Example

First, be sure to remember to include the System namespace at the top. We see that the Write method does not append a newline to the end of the console.

using System;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        Console.Write("One ");
        Console.Write("Two ");
        Console.Write("Three");
        Console.WriteLine();

        Console.WriteLine("Four");
    }
}
One Two Three
Four

Padding example

The Console.Write method is ideal when we do not yet know the exact output. Here we use PadRight() to add padding onto strings as we Write them.

using System;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        // Use PadRight to create columns with Console.Write.
        Console.Write("X".PadRight(5));
        Console.Write("Y".PadRight(5));
        Console.WriteLine("END");
    }
}
X    Y    END

Discussion

In most console programs, the actual time required for outputting the text to the screen, is far greater than string concatenations.

Summary

We used the Console.Write method. We saw the difference between WriteLine and Write. We learned how to use the two together for easily understandable code.