Make a shortcut for Console.WriteLine()

Question

I have to type Console.WriteLine() many times in my code. Is it possible to create a shortcut for Console.WriteLine so that I can use it like...

CW=Console.Wr         


        

Answer 1

This shortcut will avoid exceptions being thrown when you use a composite formatting overload like Console.WriteLine(String, Object[]) and the number of format items in format and the number of items in the argument list, args, differ:

public bool WriteToConsole(string format, params object[] args)
{           
    var succeeded = false;
    var argRegex = new Regex(@"\{\d+\}");
    if ((args != null) && (argRegex.Matches(format).Count == args.Length))
    {
        Console.WriteLine(format, args);
        succeeded = true;
    }
    else
    {
        Console.WriteLine(format);
    }
    return succeeded;
}