Reads the next line of characters from Console.In, which is set to the system's standard input stream by default.
[Visual Basic] Public Shared Function ReadLine() As String [C#] public static string ReadLine(); [C++] public: static String* ReadLine(); [JScript] public static function ReadLine() : String;
The next line from the input stream, or null if the end of the input stream has already been reached.
Exception Type | Condition |
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IOException | An I/O error occured. |
A line is defined as a sequence of characters followed by a carriage return ('\r'), a line feed ('\n'), or a carriage return immediately followed by a line feed ('\r\n'). The string that is returned does not contain the terminating carriage return and/or line feed. The return value is null if the end of the input stream has already been reached.