//END OF MAIN --
private static int GetItemNumberFromUser(Register register, bool clearConsole)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Menu: Choose an Item # or [: + search term] to search"); //ask user to choose an item number from the list
Menu.DisplayMainMenu(register, clearConsole); //displays the list of items in the register
var userItemNumber = -1;
do
{
var userItemAsString = Console.ReadLine(); //get users input as a string
if (userItemAsString.StartsWith(":")) //parses out user input, if it starts with a : then send the string to the search function instead
{
register.SearchForProduct(userItemAsString.Substring(1), register);
}
else if (userItemAsString.StartsWith("~"))
{
register.WriteToInventoryProductList(register.filePath, userItemAsString);
break;
}
else // otherwise, it must be a integer...try parsing it to an int, and hopefully dont break anything...
{
if (ValidateInput.GetIsInteger(userItemAsString)) //check, is it an integer?? yes?
{
userItemNumber = int.Parse(userItemAsString) - 1; //parse that to an integer then
//move to validation class?
break; //no need to check anything else, leave the if statement
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Please input a valid integer."); //otherwise, you done messed up sir, let them know.
}
}
} while (true); //keep asking until they get really annoyed or they put in the correct input
return(userItemNumber); //should never, ever get here, but the compiler seems to think I need to return something just in case.
}
public static int GetUserItemQuantity()
{
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.DarkYellow;
Console.WriteLine("Enter Quantity:");
var takeUserQuantity = Console.ReadLine();
if (ValidateInput.GetIsInteger(takeUserQuantity))
{
return(int.Parse(takeUserQuantity));
}
Console.WriteLine("Something went wrong");
return(GetUserItemQuantity());
}