C# 101 Review: Basic Practice

Follow the instructions to review some basic C# concepts.

Illustrator Enhancements

After completing the Illustrator Code-Along, make the following enhancements:

Add more command options to draw more ASCII art!
- Check out this guide for help making ASCII art and using it in C#
(BONUS) Instead of using if statements to run the commands, use a switch statement
(BONUS) Define a method for each command, and call each method based on the user's selection

Find the Bugs

Visit each of the following Repls, and fix the errors in them.

Multi-Page Story

Often when reading something on a computer, the program will contain multiple pages instead of showing all the text at once. Create a C# application that will display a story, one passage at a time. It should end up looking something like this Frankenstein story by the end.

Use Console.WriteLine to display the text from the story. Use Console.ReadLine to wait for the user to press Enter and continue. Use a while loop to loop through each passage of the story. Make sure to declare a counter variable to keep track of the current passage, and increment it every time through the loop.

Bonus Challenge - Word Breaking

Currently, using Console.WriteLine will add line breaks in the middle of words.

For example, it will show this:

the success of my und
ertaking.

When it should show this:

the success of my
undertaking.

Fix this by inserting a newline character (\n) in the text for every place the line should break.

Bonus Bonus Challenge - Console Window Width

To make the newlines truly dynamic, measure the width of the console using Console.Window.Width. Use that value to determine where the newline characters should go. This way, it will properly keep words together regardless of the size of the console!

Basic Review Practice