TA, C# - Part2, Strings and Text Processing, #6

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

/* #6. Write a program that reads from the console a string of maximum 20 characters. If the length of the string is less than 20, the rest of the characters should be filled with '*'. Print the result string into the console. */

class FillTo20WithStars
{
    static void Main()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Please enter below a string with maximum of 20 characters:");
        string inputString = Console.ReadLine();

        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < inputString.Length; i++)
        { sb.Append(inputString[i]); }
        for (int j = 1; j < 20 - inputString.Length + 1; j++)
        { sb.Append('*'); }
        string outputString = sb.ToString();

        Console.WriteLine("The resulting string is:");
        Console.WriteLine(outputString);
    }
}