C# - The Environment class

The ‘environment’ class located under the ‘System’ namespace, by using this class we can get the system information (Setting values and generate information).

This article will be dedicated to the main functionalities you can use while working with this class, I hope it’s going to help you when needed.

Class Property	Use case
Environment. Newline	When you need to start a new line (equal to \n)
Environment. CurrentDirectory	When you need to get/set the VS working directory
Environment. MachineName	When you need to Retrieve the local computer name
Environment. UserName	When you need to Retrieve the current logged account
Environment. OSVersion	When you need to Retrieve to operating system version
Environment. Is64BitOperatingSystem	When you need to Retrieve the system type
Environment. SystemPageSize	When you need to Retrieve the page File size

Code examples:

Environment. Newline

static void Main(string[] args)

        {
            string[] NewLine = new string[] {"Line 1 ", "Line 2", "Line 3", "Line 4"};
            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
            Console.WriteLine("Without Using the New Line command:");
            Console.ResetColor();
            foreach (var item in NewLine)
            {
                Console.Write(item);
            }
            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
            Console.WriteLine("\n\nUsing the New Line command:");
            Console.ResetColor();
            foreach (var item in NewLine)
            {
                Console.Write(item + Environment.NewLine);
            }
        }

Result:

Environment. CurrentDirectory

static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            //Get the VS working directory:

            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;

            Console.WriteLine(Environment.CurrentDirectory);

             Console.ResetColor();

         }

Result:

User and Machine properties

static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;

            Console.WriteLine("Operating system and user properties : ");

            Console.ResetColor();

            Console.WriteLine

(

@"Host Name = {0}

User Name = {1}

Domain Name = {2}

OS Version = {3}

System Type(X86(False) / X64(True)) = {4}

Virtual Memory size: = {5}",

Environment.MachineName ,

Environment.UserName,

Environment.UserDomainName,

Environment.OSVersion,

Environment.Is64BitOperatingSystem,

nvironment.SystemPageSize);

       }

    }

}

Result: