Add functionality to Console.WriteLine, sort of like defining a ma

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I am trying to create a class or function which does one extra thing then
performs a normal Console.WriteLine, preferrably with all the overloads
available and intact.

Where I currently have:

Console.Write("\r
\r");
// note, the previous line is simply clearing any text on the current
console line without leaving that lnie.
Console.WriteLine("{0} {1} {2} {3} ({4})", new object[] {var1, var2, var3,
var4, var5});

I'd like to do

MyClass.OverwriteLine("{0} {1} {2} {3} ({4})", new object[] {var1, var2,
var3, var4, var5});

and get the same result, with all WriteLine overloads available for
OverwriteLine, and hopefully without having to duplicate them all.

Can anyone help me out with this?

I asked some friends and one idea was the following, and it is better than
the extra Console.Write each time, but I am still hoping for more:

static string SomeMethod(string toPad)
{
return "\r
\r" + toPad;
}

Console.WriteLine(SomeMethod("here is a string {0} : {1}"), new
object[]{"some", 5});

I'm using Framework 2.0.

Erik

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There isnt any way to add a static method to the Console class but you can
easily make your own with passed through the calls to the Console class but
adds your prefix on to the string.
The suggestion of having a function to do that probably isnt terrible either
as you are really stuck for options with what you want to do as far as I know.
--
Ciaran O''Donnell
http://wannabedeveloper.spaces.live.com
"Erik Eckhardt" wrote:

I am trying to create a class or function which does one extra thing then
performs a normal Console.WriteLine, preferrably with all the overloads
available and intact.

Where I currently have:

Console.Write("\r
\r");
// note, the previous line is simply clearing any text on the current
console line without leaving that lnie.
Console.WriteLine("{0} {1} {2} {3} ({4})", new object[] {var1, var2, var3,
var4, var5});

I'd like to do

MyClass.OverwriteLine("{0} {1} {2} {3} ({4})", new object[] {var1, var2,
var3, var4, var5});

and get the same result, with all WriteLine overloads available for
OverwriteLine, and hopefully without having to duplicate them all.

Can anyone help me out with this?

I asked some friends and one idea was the following, and it is better than
the extra Console.Write each time, but I am still hoping for more:

static string SomeMethod(string toPad)
{
return "\r
\r" + toPad;
}

Console.WriteLine(SomeMethod("here is a string {0} : {1}"), new
object[]{"some", 5});

I'm using Framework 2.0.

Erik