NOTE: The code here is for the console version howmany. A Windows Forms app is being developed (#1).

What is howmany?

howmany (or howMany) is a console application that is able to measure a variety of things related to your personal information, text length, and more — everything with simple C# code.

Instructions to run

To run howMany in a console, you can use .NET for Visual Studio Code (you can install the framework here). After finishing the .NET Installation Wizard, enter Visual Studio Code and import the .cs file you'd like to try. Then, click Run > Start Debugging. A dropdown list will appear, and pick the .NET version you installed.

If you don't have or can't install this framework, you can try online C# compilers or interpreters - you can run them by copying the program's code. Here are some links to C# playgrounds:

• try.dot.net
• Sololearn
• Dotnetfiddle (requires public statements)

Additional compiling resources

If you can't access none of the three online C# compilers, you can open Microsoft PowerShell (used in Windows) and write a continuation prompt without nothing in the initial. Remember that for every line of code, you should open a new continuation prompt. (see an example here)

$id = Get-Random
$code = @"
using System;
namespace PowerShell {
   public class Program$id {
	public static void Main(){
	 Console.WriteLine("C# in .ps1");
  }
 }
}
"@

Add-Type -TypeDefinition $code -Language CSharp	
iex "[PowerShell.Program$id]::Main()"

This example simply outputs a "Hello World!" in the PowerShell console.

Contributing

If you found an error in a code, update it, or you would like to share some ideas, feel free to do it through pull requests or issues.