C# equivalent of fprintf

Question

I have been converting some code from C++ to C#. My lack of understanding of C# API doesnt let me find the equivalent of fprintf. What Im basically trying to do is write a helper class to Log information to a file. So far I have go the following class defined. If someone see something unusual please let me know. The method "Log" only logs strings currently. I dont know if this is the best way to do this. Anyway I would like to convert some numbers to dump into the log file. In C++, I have fprintf doing the conversion. How can I achieve something similar in C# ??

fprintf(file, "Wheel1: %f \t Wheel2: %f \t Dist: %f, Wheel0, Wheel1, TotalDist);

public class Logger
{
    private string strPathName = string.Empty;
    private StreamWriter sw = null;

    /// <summary>
    /// Constructor
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="prefix"></param>
    public Logger(string prefix)
    {
        DateTime datet = DateTime.Now;

        // Format string
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(prefix))
        {
            prefix += "_";
        }
        else
        {
            prefix = "";
        }

        strPathName = "Log_" + prefix + datet.ToString("MM_dd_hhmmss") + ".log";
        if (File.Exists(strPathName) == true)
        {
            FileStream fs = new FileStream(strPathName, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
            fs.Close();
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Create a directory if not exists
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="strLogPath"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    private bool CheckDirectory(string strLogPath)
    {
        try
        {
            int nFindSlashPos = strLogPath.Trim().LastIndexOf("\\");
            string strDirectoryname = strLogPath.Trim().Substring(0, nFindSlashPos);

            if (Directory.Exists(strDirectoryname) == false)
            {
                //LogInfo("Creating log directory :" + strDirectoryname);
                Directory.CreateDirectory(strDirectoryname);
            }
            return true;
        }
        catch (Exception)
        {
            return false;
        }
    }

    public void Log(String message)
    {
        DateTime datet = DateTime.Now;
        if (sw == null)
        {
            sw = new StreamWriter(strPathName, true);
        }
        sw.Write(message);
        sw.Flush();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Close stream
    /// </summary>
    public void Close()
    {
        if (sw != null)
        {
            sw.Close();
            sw = null;
        }
    }

}

Thanks in advance

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 02 '12 at 00:33

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You can create a StreamWriter to wrap your FileStream, and then use Write to get something like

StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(fs);
writer.Write("Wheel1: {0} \t Wheel2: {1} \t Dist: {2}", Wheel0, Wheel1, TotalDist);

answered Mar 02 '12 at 00:33

Adam Mihalcin

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 02 '12 at 00:30

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It sounds like you're looking for String.Format.

The Write() and WriteLine() methods actually do the same thing.

answered Mar 02 '12 at 00:30

SLaks

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 02 '12 at 00:31

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How about:

public void Log(String message, params object[] args)
{
    DateTime datet = DateTime.Now;
    if (sw == null)
    {
        sw = new StreamWriter(strPathName, true);
    }
    sw.Write(String.Format(message,args));
    sw.Flush();
}

answered Mar 02 '12 at 00:31

Joel Lucsy

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Will this work if its a normal string without any formatting ? In other words no numbers, just a plain string. – nixgadget Mar 02 '12 at 00:36

C# equivalent of fprintf

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