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at November 16, 2013 14:16 by Rick
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class RPGConsole { public static Dictionary<char, ConsoleColor> Colors; public static char SpecialFGChar { get; set; } public static char SpecialBGChar { get; set; } public static char ResetChar { get; set; } static RPGConsole() { Colors = new Dictionary<char, ConsoleColor>(); // set some defaults SpecialFGChar = '#'; SpecialBGChar = '$'; ResetChar = 'x'; // add some default colors Colors.Add('r', ConsoleColor.Red); Colors.Add('y', ConsoleColor.Yellow); Colors.Add('g', ConsoleColor.Green); Colors.Add('b', ConsoleColor.Blue); Colors.Add('w', ConsoleColor.White); } public static void WriteLine(string value) { Write(value); Console.Write(Environment.NewLine); } private static bool SetFGColor(char value) { // look at the next char and make sure we have the color code registered if (Colors.ContainsKey(value)) { Console.ForegroundColor = Colors[value]; return true; } else if (value == ResetChar) { Console.ResetColor(); return true; } return false; } private static bool SetBGColor(char value) { // look at the next char and make sure we have the color code registered if (Colors.ContainsKey(value)) { Console.BackgroundColor = Colors[value]; return true; } else if (value == ResetChar) { Console.ResetColor(); return true; } return false; } // we call foreground switching twice so that the order of defining bg & fg doesn't matter in the string public static void Write(string value) { char[] letters = value.ToCharArray(); for (int i = 0; i < letters.Count(); i++) { // switch foreground color if (letters[i] == SpecialFGChar) { if (SetFGColor(letters[i + 1])) i += 2; } // switch background color if (letters[i] == SpecialBGChar) { if (SetBGColor(letters[i + 1])) i += 2; } // switch foreground color if (letters[i] == SpecialFGChar) { if (SetFGColor(letters[i + 1])) i += 2; } Console.Write(letters[i]); } } }
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This is way to get different fg and bg colors inside 1 string. You provide escape like characters to define colors. This is a fg of #rRed #xand now we're back to normal. This is a bg of $bBlue#x and now we're back to normal. I can combine fg & bg#r$bcolors #xalso.
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Different colors in console string
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color
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C#