Console.ReadKey

Question

On C#
What's the difference between:
Console.Read();
Console.ReadLine();
Console.ReadKey();
??

I know I need it to keep the terminal open when I code on VS on PC, and i know they all work, but what's the difference and which is the best to use?

Answer 1

Hi! Above snippets can be used to hold the program without exiting. But don't think that methods exist for that purpose - so there is nothing called best method to hold the console.

And the real usage of them is to get user input.
Not sure about the methods in c#, but as names suggests.
Read will get a word , ReadKey will get a char, and ReadLine will get the string in the next line of the console as the user input

Hope you got the answer

Answer 2

Thanks!! I didn't know about the lengths! Makes sense now.