How to read a line from the console in C#?

The ReadLine() method is used to read a line from the console in C#.

str = Console.ReadLine();

The above will set the line in the variable str.

Example

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

class Demo {
   static void Main() {
      string str;

      // use ReadLine() to read the entered line
      str = Console.ReadLine();

      // display the line
      Console.WriteLine("Input = {0}", str);
   }
}

Output

Input =

Above, we displayed a line using the Console.ReadLine() method. The string is entered by the user from the command line.