Show Progress bar in console application c#

In this post we are going to see how to show the progress bar in console application c#. For that we have to set the cursor in the console application to move in to position , then we have to set the background color .

Source code:
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        static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            Console.WriteLine("Uploading inprogress....");

            Console.WriteLine();

            for (int i = 0; i <= 100; i++)

            {

                ShowProgressBar( i, 100);

                Thread.Sleep(500);

            }

            Console.Read();

        }

        private static void ShowProgressBar(int progress, int total)

        {

            //draw empty progress bar

            Console.CursorLeft = 0;

            Console.Write("[");

            Console.CursorLeft = 32;

            Console.Write("]");

            Console.CursorLeft = 1;

            float oneunit = 30.0f / total;

            //draw progress

            int position = 1;

            for (int i = 0; i < oneunit * progress; i++)

            {

                Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;

                Console.CursorLeft = position++;

                Console.Write(" ");

            }

            //draw strip bar

            for (int i = position; i <= 31; i++)

            {

                Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Gray;

                Console.CursorLeft = position++;

                Console.Write(" ");

            }

            //draw totals

            Console.CursorLeft = 35;

            Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Black;

            Console.Write(progress.ToString() + " of " + total.ToString() + "    ");

        }

Output:
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From this post you can learn how to show the progress bar in console application c#.