Short piece of code to add a "menu" to your Console application.
Code template for a menu in a console application.
Momerath commented: Coolio +13
charlybones commented: simple, effective, great for new students. +2
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Change to your number of menuitems.
const int maxMenuItems = 3;
int selector = 0;
bool good = false;
while (selector != maxMenuItems)
{
Console.Clear();
DrawTitle();
DrawMenu(maxMenuItems);
good = int.TryParse(Console.ReadLine(), out selector);
if (good)
{
switch (selector)
{
case 1:
Console.WriteLine("// code for case 1 here");
break;
case 2:
Console.WriteLine("// code for case 2 here");
break;
// possibly more cases here
default:
if (selector != maxMenuItems)
{
ErrorMessage();
}
break;
}
}
else
{
ErrorMessage();
}
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
private static void ErrorMessage()
{
Console.WriteLine("Typing error, press key to continue.");
}
private static void DrawStarLine()
{
Console.WriteLine("************************");
}
private static void DrawTitle()
{
DrawStarLine();
Console.WriteLine("+++ MYTITLE HERE +++");
DrawStarLine();
}
private static void DrawMenu(int maxitems)
{
DrawStarLine();
Console.WriteLine(" 1. MenuItem One");
Console.WriteLine(" 2. MenuItem Two");
// more here
Console.WriteLine(" 3. Exit program");
DrawStarLine();
Console.WriteLine("Make your choice: type 1, 2,... or {0} for exit", maxitems);
DrawStarLine();
}
}
}
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