CMD Utils

CMDUtils.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace <Project>.CMD
{
    public static class Utils
    {
        private static string flagRegex = "(-[a-zA-z])";

        public static Dictionary<string, string> MakeArgsDict(string[] args)
        {
            // looks for flags (a "-" followed by a letter) and puts any string after the flag and the flag it self in a dict, is flags are singular then the value is set to null
            Dictionary<string, string> argDict = new Dictionary<string, string>();
            Regex regex = new Regex(flagRegex);
            for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++)
            {
                Match match = regex.Match(args[i]);
                if (match.Success)
                {
                    if ((i + 1 < args.Length) && (!regex.Match(args[i + 1]).Success))
                    {
                        argDict.Add(args[i], args[i + 1]);
                        i++;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        argDict.Add(args[i], null);
                    }
                }
            }

            return argDict;

        }

        public static bool YesOrNoQuestion(string question)
        {
            bool stop = false;
            while (!stop)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(question + " [yes/no]");
                string answer = Console.ReadLine();

                switch (answer.ToLower())
                {
                    case "yes":
                    case "ye":
                    case "y":
                    case "yeah":
                    case "yea":
                        {
                            stop = true;
                            return true;
                        }
                    case "no":
                    case "n":
                    case "nope":
                    case "no way":
                        {
                            stop = true;
                            return false;
                        }
                    default:
                        {
                            Console.WriteLine("Not a recognized answer. Please try again.");
                            break;
                        }
                }
            }

            //encase we magically fall out of the loop
            return false;
            
        }
    
      public static string AskUserName()
        {
            Console.Write("User Name: ");
            Console.WriteLine("\n");
            return Console.ReadLine();
        }

        public static string AskPassword()
        {
            System.Console.Write("Password: ");
            string password = null;
            while (true)
            {
                ConsoleKeyInfo key = System.Console.ReadKey(true);
                if (key.Key == ConsoleKey.Enter)
                    break;
                password += key.KeyChar;
                Console.Write("*");
            }
            Console.WriteLine("\n");
            return password;
        }
    }
}