https://github.com/battousai999/consoleutils

Some utility functions useful when writing prototype console applications.
https://github.com/battousai999/consoleutils

console utility-library

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Some utility functions useful when writing prototype console applications.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/battousai999/consoleutils
• Owner: battousai999
• Created: 2017-10-27T18:59:33.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-09-17T14:56:28.000Z (2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-03T23:07:47.093Z (14 days ago)
• Topics: console, utility-library
• Language: C#
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• Size: 45.9 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# ConsoleUtils

This library is composed of a collection of helper methods that I use when creating prototype console applications for experimenting with code.

Typically when I used this library in an experiment, I will include the library with a static using statement (so that I don't have to qualify the helper methods in the library with "ConsoleUtils.").

``` C#

using static Battousai.Utils.ConsoleUtils;

```

I use the RunLoggingExceptions() method to wrap around the experimental code, catching any exceptions (logging the exception's stack trace to the console) and injecting a "Press enter key to continue" (since I'll typically be running the code in Visual Studio, and otherwise the console in which the results are displayed closes before I can see the results).  I also use the Log() method as a shortcut replacement for Console.WriteLine().

For example:

``` C#

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using static Battousai.Utils.ConsoleUtils;

namespace TestConsoleApp

{

    class Program

    {

        static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            RunLoggingExceptions(() =>

            {

                var list1 = new List { 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4 };

                var list2 = new List { 4 };

                Log("Does the LINQ Except method treat the lists as sets?");

                Log("(That is, do the results only contain distinct elements?)");

                Log();

                var results = list1.Except(list2).ToList();

                Log("Results = " + String.Join(", ", results));

            },

            true);

        }

    }

}

```

The library also contains some other helper methods for things such as measuring duration and iterating actions.