Csharp/C Sharp/Development Class/Command Line

illustrates how to read command-line arguments

/*
Mastering Visual C# .NET
by Jason Price, Mike Gunderloy
Publisher: Sybex;
ISBN: 0782129110
*/
/*
  Example10_4.cs illustrates how to read
  command-line arguments
*/
using System;
public class Example10_4
{
  public static void Main(string[] arguments)
  {
    for (int counter = 0; counter < arguments.Length; counter++)
    {
      Console.WriteLine("arguments[" + counter + "] = " +
        arguments[counter]);
    }
  }
}

Program argument input values: Converts degrees Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit

using System;
public class PassArguments {
  public static void Main(String[] args) {
    double  hotC, coldC;
    double  hotF, coldF; 
    if (args.Length != 2) {
      Console.WriteLine ("Enter a hot and a cold temerature as program arguments.");
      return;
    }       
    hotC = double.Parse(args[0]); 
    hotF = 9.0*hotC/5.0 + 32.0;  
    Console.WriteLine ("The Fahrenheit temperature is: {0:F1}", hotF);
    coldC = double.Parse(args[1]); 
    coldF = 9.0*coldC/5.0 + 32.0;
    Console.WriteLine ("The Fahrenheit temperature is: {0:F1}", coldF);
  }
}