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I AM TRYING TO USE THE CONSOLE.WRITELINE FUNCTION USING VB 2005 EXPRESS. I WANT TO DISPLAY 2 OR MORE VARIABLES ON A SINGLE LINE . I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE SPACING BETWEEN THE VARIABLES. IF THIS CAN BE DONE WITH THIS FUNCITION WHAT IS THE CORRECT SYNTAX. I HAVE ONLY SEEN SINGLE VARIABLES USED IN DOCUMENTATION.
[325 byte] By [NUMBSCULL] at [2007-12-16]
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# 1
You can control the cursor position of the console with this....
Console.SetCursorPosition(column, row)

If you want to print 2 variables on the same line, try something like...
Console.Write("variable1 " & var1 & vbTab & "Variable2 " & var2)

You can always pass vbTab for tab character, and vbNewLine for a new line.
Dustin.

Dustin_H at 2007-9-9 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Basic,Visual Basic General...
# 2
Console.WriteLine supports the same syntax as String.Format, so you can write:



Console.WriteLine("Var1 = {0,20} Var2 = {1,30}", var1, var2)

The values of the variables will be inserted at the specified positions ({0}, {1} and so on), while the (optional) number after the comma defines how many columns will be used.

DanielRieck at 2007-9-9 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Basic,Visual Basic General...
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