C# Tutorial For Beginners: The Environment class
Updated: Jan 19, 2022
The environment class is located under the ‘System’ namespace to retrieve and manage system information.
Example 1: Environment. Newline
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string[] NewLine = new string[] { "Line 1 ", "Line 2", "Line 3", "Line 4" };
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
Console.WriteLine("Without Using the New Line command:");
Console.ResetColor();
foreach (var item in NewLine)
{
Console.Write(item);
}
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
Console.WriteLine("\n\nUsing the New Line command:");
Console.ResetColor();
foreach (var item in NewLine)
{
Console.Write(item + Environment.NewLine);
}
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
Result:
Example 2: Environment. current directory
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//Get the VS working directory:
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
Console.WriteLine(Environment.CurrentDirectory);
Console.ResetColor();
Console.ReadKey();
}
Result:
Example 3: Environment. MachineName/UserName/OSVersion/Is64/PageSize
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
Console.WriteLine("Operating system and user properties : ");
Console.ResetColor();
Console.WriteLine
(
@"Host Name = {0}
User Name = {1}
Domain Name = {2}
OS Version = {3}
System Type(X86(False) / X64(True)) = {4}
Virtual Memory size: = {5}"
,
Environment.MachineName,
Environment.UserName,
Environment.UserDomainName,
Environment.OSVersion,
Environment.Is64BitOperatingSystem,
Environment.SystemPageSize);
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
Result:
