Difference between the Write methods

Question

I learned the basics of C# recently from SoloLearn from the app I downloaded to my phone. In the courses, they were using:
 Console.WriteLine("Enter how many minutes you exercised:");
Rather than using what Treehouse is doing here:
Console.Write("Enter how many minutes you exercised:");
Is there a difference between how these two methods are written, and what they'll return? Also, can a Console.ReadLine(); have parameters inside the parenthesis, and if so, what would they be used for (an example of it please)?

Steven Parker · Accepted Answer

:point_right: Console.WriteLine (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.console.writeline) writes a complete line, the next write will appear below it.
But Console.Write (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.console.write) writes only the argument without going to the next line.  The next write will go beside it.
And Console.ReadLine (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.console.readline) does not take any arguments.
Click on any of the links above for the official documentation.

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Daniel Hildreth

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Difference between the Write methods

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Steven Parker

Steven Parker

Console.WriteLine writes a complete line, the next write will appear below it.