Sometimes you want to show that action is being worked on in a console application, like a progress bar or an ajax loader image. This can be achieved by a progress / update flower class;
public class ConsoleFlower
{
public ConsoleFlower() {}
private int count { get; set; }
private int rate { get; set; }
internal void Turn(int p)
{
rate = p * 500000;
if (count < 0 || count > (5 * rate)) count = 0;
if (count == 0) Write("|");
else if (count == (1 * rate)) Write("/");
else if (count == (2 * rate)) Write("-");
else if (count == (3 * rate)) Write("|");
else if (count == (4 * rate)) Write("-");
else if (count == (5 * rate)) Write(@"\");
count++;
}
private void Write(string petal)
{
Console.Write(petal);
Console.SetCursorPosition(Console.CursorLeft - 1, Console.CursorTop);
}
}
This may not be the most efficient code, but it has very low load and can be called like this;
int Count = 1;
while (Count == 1)
{
Flower.Turn(5);
}
Changing the number in the line
Flower.Turn(5);
changes the speed at which the flower rotates, the higher the number the slower the speed.
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