Canonical Console.WriteLine in LinqPad

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Linqpad's souped-up Console.WriteLine is awesome. However, how can I do a standard Console.WriteLine of an object?

if only this respected `Console` colors – Maslow Dec 31 '15 at 19:18 — Maslow, Dec 31 '15 at 19:18

score 27 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 06 '12 at 14:09

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Debug.WriteLine will also do the trick.

answered Oct 06 '12 at 14:09

Joe Albahari

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if only this respected `Console` colors – Maslow Dec 31 '15 at 19:18

score 13 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 04 '12 at 11:26

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Huh, obvious now - put in an explicit ToString

Console.WriteLine(x.ToString());

answered Oct 04 '12 at 11:26

Colonel Panic

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 29 '16 at 10:43

You can also add these methods to your "MyExtensions" file in the "My Queries" pane. This way you can use .DumpToString instead of .Dump. Maybe they should be renamed DumpDebug ...

// Write custom extension methods here. They will be available to all queries.
public static void DumpToString<T>(this IEnumerable<T> list)
{
    list.ToList().ForEach(x => Debug.WriteLine(x));
}

public static void DumpToString(this object o)
{
    Debug.WriteLine(o);
}

public static void DumpToString(this string o)
{
    Debug.WriteLine(o);
}

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 10 '15 at 13:15

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You can also do

x.Dump();

Which will use the LinqPad API to pretty format the output.

answered Feb 10 '15 at 13:15

Ryan Vice

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That's exactly what the OP wants to avoid in this case. – Mark Hurd Aug 15 '15 at 01:07

Canonical Console.WriteLine in LinqPad

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