How to write variable contents to Console?-CodePudding

I want to use var_dump to show the data held in a variable in C#, but I don't know the function to that in C#. If I use Console.Write(), I can only do it with a specific variable.

For example I want to vardump everything from data:

class Data {
  int total_data = 21,
  int total_page = 1,
  int page = 1,
  int limit = 21
}

var data = new Data();
Console.WriteLine(data.total_data);

How can I get something similar to PHP's var_dump in C#? I've tried using Console.WriteLine(data) but it doesn't work the same way. How can I do this?

CodePudding user response：

if it is from json to handle or create api,you could try serialize it to JSON string with JsonConvert.SerializeObject(data)

CodePudding user response：

You can:

override the ToString method
use a record type insted of a class (the complier synthesizes ToString for you)
create a static helper method that takes an object and uses reflection to print values of all properties
have ToConsole() method on the class
serialise the object to json and print that

CodePudding user response：

There is a library I'm using for this, ObjectDumper.NET
Sample from the README:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    var persons = new List<Person>
    {
        new Person { Name = "John", Age = 20, },
        new Person { Name = "Thomas", Age = 30, },
    };

    var personsDump = ObjectDumper.Dump(persons);

    Console.WriteLine(personsDump);
    Console.ReadLine();


//CONSOLE OUTPUT:
{ObjectDumperSample.Netfx.Person}
  Name: "John"
  Age: 20
{ObjectDumperSample.Netfx.Person}
  Name: "Thomas"
  Age: 30