ProgressBars

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


class LoadingBar
{
    static void Main()
    {
        string stars = new string('*', short.MaxValue / 2);
        string dash = new string('-', short.MaxValue / 2);

        int strSize = stars.Length;

        string[] product = new string[strSize];
        for (int i = 0; i < strSize; i++)
        {
            product[i] = "" + stars[i] + dash[i];
            //drawTextProgressBar(i, strSize);
            DrawProgressBar(i, strSize, 30, '#');
        }
        Console.WriteLine();
    }

    private static void DrawProgressBar(int complete, int maxVal, int barSize, char progressCharacter)
    {
        Console.CursorVisible = false;
        int left = Console.CursorLeft;
        decimal perc = (decimal)complete / (decimal)maxVal;
        int chars = (int)Math.Floor(perc / ((decimal)1 / (decimal)barSize));
        string p1 = String.Empty, p2 = String.Empty;

        for (int i = 0; i < chars; i++) p1 += progressCharacter;
        for (int i = 0; i < barSize - chars; i++) p2 += progressCharacter;

        Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
        Console.Write(p1);
        Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.DarkGreen;
        Console.Write(p2);

        Console.ResetColor();
        Console.Write(" {0}%", (perc * 100).ToString("N2"));
        Console.CursorLeft = left;
    }

    static void drawTextProgressBar(int progress, int total)
    {
        //draw empty progress bar
        Console.CursorLeft = 0;
        Console.Write("["); //start
        Console.CursorLeft = 31;
        Console.Write("]"); //end
        Console.CursorLeft = 1;
        float onechunk = 30.0f; // total;

        //draw filled part
        int position = 1;
        for (int i = 0; i < onechunk * progress; i++)
        {
            Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
            Console.CursorLeft = position++;
            Console.Write(" ");
        }

        //draw unfilled part
        for (int i = position; i <= 31; i++)
        {
            Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Black;
            Console.CursorLeft = position++;
            Console.Write(" ");
        }

        //draw totals
        Console.CursorLeft = 35;
        Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Black;
        Console.Write(progress.ToString() + " of " + total.ToString() + "    "); //blanks at the end remove any excess
    }
}