Libraries.System.Console Documentation

The Console is a helper class that represents printing and input windows. In addition to these helper methods, the console class also allows the user to retrieve any console arguments (also called command line arguments) that were passed to the program.

Inherits from: Libraries.Language.Object

Summary

Actions Summary Table

ActionsDescription
Compare(Libraries.Language.Object object)This action compares two object hash codes and returns an integer.
Equals(Libraries.Language.Object object)This action determines if two objects are equal based on their hash code values.
GetConsoleArguments()This action retrieves a copy of the console arguments that were passed to the system.
GetHashCode()This action gets the hash code for an object.
Input()generates an input window and returns the text that was input.
Input(text message)This action generates an input window and returns the text that was input.
Print(text value)Prints a message to the sodbeans output window

Actions Documentation

Compare(Libraries.Language.Object object)

This action compares two object hash codes and returns an integer. The result is larger if this hash code is larger than the object passed as a parameter, smaller, or equal. In this case, -1 means smaller, 0 means equal, and 1 means larger. This action was changed in Quorum 7 to return an integer, instead of a CompareResult object, because the previous implementation was causing efficiency issues.

Example Code

Object o
        Object t
        integer result = o:Compare(t) //1 (larger), 0 (equal), or -1 (smaller)

Parameters

Return

integer: The Compare result, Smaller, Equal, or Larger.

Equals(Libraries.Language.Object object)

This action determines if two objects are equal based on their hash code values.

Example Code

use Libraries.Language.Object
        use Libraries.Language.Types.Text
        Object o
        Text t
        boolean result = o:Equals(t)

Parameters

Return

boolean: True if the hash codes are equal and false if they are not equal.

GetConsoleArguments()

This action retrieves a copy of the console arguments that were passed to the system.

Return

Libraries.Containers.Array:

GetHashCode()

This action gets the hash code for an object.

Example Code

Object o
        integer hash = o:GetHashCode()

Return

integer: The integer hash code of the object.

Input()

generates an input window and returns the text that was input.

Example Code

text value = Input()

Return

text:

Input(text message)

This action generates an input window and returns the text that was input.

Example Code

text value = Input("What is your favorite color?")

Parameters

Return

text:

Print(text value)

Prints a message to the sodbeans output window

Example Code

Print "some message"

Parameters