Passing arguments to console app with specific format c#

Question

I wanna pass arguments to c# console app with this specific format. Suppose my app's exe name is SmsSender, I wanna this format in my cmd: SmsSender -m message -p phonenumber

How can I do this?

Answer 1

You just write that command into a command prompt window, exactly as you have written in there

Inside your c# app you have a static void Main(string[] args) and the args array will have 4 elements:

args[0] = "-m";
args[1] = "message";
args[2] = "-p";
args[3] = "phonenumber";

But be aware that if you don't wrap your message in "quotes" (in the command prompt) then every word in the message will be a different entry in args

Answer 2

Refer to this Microsoft Docs How to Display arguments

So in your case in you console app in your Main method you will have something like this:

class CommandLine
{
     static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        // The Length property provides the number of array elements.
        Console.WriteLine($"parameter count = {args.Length}");
        // Get values using the `args` array in your case you will have:
        // args[0] = "-m";
        // args[1] = "message";
        // args[2] = "-p";
        // args[3] = "phonenumber";

        for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Arg[{i}] = [{args[i]}]");
        }
    }
}