Reading Console Input : Console Read « Development « C# / CSharp Tutorial

1. Console.In is an instance of TextReader.
2. Console.In defines two input methods: Read() and ReadLine().

To read a single character, use the Read() method:

To read a string of characters, use the ReadLine() method:

1. ReadLine() reads characters until you press ENTER
2. ReadLine() returns these characters in a string object.
3. ReadLine() will throw an IOException on failure.