[Zeddicus]

Is it possible to read a single character from the keyboard and then assign the inserted character to a char variable in a simple way? Which method should you call to do this?

[Jayman]

Define simple, there are many ways to accomplish the task you are asking about.

What have you tried, so far?

[Zeddicus]

jayman9, on 16 Aug, 2008 - 01:49 PM, said:

Define simple, there are many ways to accomplish the task you are asking about.

What have you tried, so far?

To define simple I must refer to C++ (I really hope it's OK because I am trying to learn these languages at the same time). In C++ you only use cin to store a character in a char variable, then implicitly typecast the char to an int.

The version I am using right now in C# is too complex in my opinion:

Console.WriteLine("Please enter a character:");
			string input = Console.ReadLine();
			uint i;

			foreach (char c in input)
			{
				i = Convert.ToUInt32(c);
				System.Console.WriteLine("{0}'s ASCII integer value is {1}.", c, i);
			}

First of all, it utilizes a string that is "broken down" into its char components which are then converted to integers. I am looking for a procedure similar to the one described above in C++.

This post has been edited by Zeddicus: 16 August 2008 - 03:18 PM

[eclipsed4utoo]

Zeddicus, on 16 Aug, 2008 - 06:13 PM, said:

jayman9, on 16 Aug, 2008 - 01:49 PM, said:

Define simple, there are many ways to accomplish the task you are asking about.

What have you tried, so far?

To define simple I must refer to C++ (I really hope it's OK because I am trying to learn these languages at the same time). In C++ you only use cin to store a character in a char variable, then implicitly typecast the char to an int.

The version I am using right now in C# is too complex in my opinion:

Console.WriteLine("Please enter a character:");
			string input = Console.ReadLine();
			uint i;

			foreach (char c in input)
			{
				i = Convert.ToUInt32(c);
				System.Console.WriteLine("{0}'s ASCII integer value is {1}.", c, i);
			}

First of all, it utilizes a string which is then "broken down" into its char components and converted to integers. I am looking for a procedure similar to the one described above in C++.

how about this?

Console.WriteLine("Please enter a character:");
uint charInt = 0;

while (charInt != 13)
{
       charInt = (uint)Console.Read();
       System.Console.WriteLine("{0}'s ASCII integer value is {1}.", (char)charInt, charInt);
}

This post has been edited by eclipsed4utoo: 16 August 2008 - 03:34 PM

[Jayman]

In addition to the Read() function, mentioned by eclipsed4utoo, there is also a ReadKey() function which serves just this purpose.

Console.ReadKey()

[Zeddicus]

jayman9: I'm getting weird results when using the Console.ReadKey method for this task. Should you use it in a special way in order to assign the value to a char? And if I do a explicit typecast like (char) Console.ReadKey, the application throws an exception.

[Zeddicus]

eclipsed4utoo:

When running your code I get the following output (given the character 'A'):

A's ASCII integer value is 65.
's ASCII integer value is 13.

Not what I expected. Does it have something to do with the Read metod?

[JackOfAllTrades]

Try:

Console.WriteLine("Please enter a character:");
uint charInt = 0;

while ((charInt = (uint)Console.Read()) != 13)
{
       System.Console.WriteLine("{0}'s ASCII integer value is {1}.", (char)charInt, charInt);
}