CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#
ghstdg
ghstdg

Reputation: 21

Trouble with Console.ReadLine in vscode

Hey y'all I'm writing my first program and I've chosen C#. I'm trying to write a little dialogue at the beginning of what will be a multiple choice quiz. According to youtube videos and forums I should be able to do a WriteLine followed by a blank ReadLine and the program should continue after anything is entered. But when I provide it with input it just drops down a line and continues to wait for a prompt. Is this an issue caused by vscode? Also I am just modifying the basic hello world script. Here is some code. thanks.

using System;

namespace C_
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("In 5 seconds the teacher will begin to speak...");
            Console.ReadLine();
            Console.WriteLine("You will be tested for aptitude in the realm of being a worthy human.");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1375

Answers (1)

Barns
Barns

Reputation: 4848

This is an issue with the Visual Studio Code environment. The launch.json contains setting that will control the way your app executes.

By default the attribute: "console" is set to the value "internalConsole". So it looks like this:
"console": "internalConsole"

In order to use Console.ReadLine(); or Console.ReadKey(); change to:
"console": "integratedTerminal"

And then switch to "Terminal" in the lower panel while debugging.

In order to 'automatically' switch to the "Terminal" panel add:
"internalConsoleOptions": "neverOpen"

Upvotes: 10

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