Display Directory - C# Programming Exercise

In this exercise, you need to create a program that shows all the files in the current folder. The program should list the files available in the directory where the program is executed.

This exercise will allow you to practice using file system functionalities in C#, such as retrieving the list of files in a directory and displaying them in the console.

You will learn how to interact with the file system, retrieve information about the files in the current directory, and present it in an organized manner in the user interface.

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Display Directory

Objective

Create a program that shows the files in the current folder.

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// Import the System.IO namespace which provides classes for file and directory operations
using System;
using System.IO;

class Program
{
    // Main method to execute the program
    static void Main()
    {
        // Get the current directory where the program is running
        string currentDirectory = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();  // Get the current working directory

        // Display the current directory
        Console.WriteLine("Files in the current directory:");

        // Get all files in the current directory
        string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(currentDirectory);  // Get an array of file paths in the current directory

        // Loop through and display each file
        foreach (string file in files)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(Path.GetFileName(file));  // Display just the file name, not the full path
        }
    }
}

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