How to pass variables to overridden toString() method?

Question

Is it possible to pass in a bool variable into an overridden toString() method, so it can conditionally print the object in different formats?

Answer 1

If you are talking about your own class, you could do the following:

public class MyClass
{
    public bool Flag { get; set; }

    public MyClass()
    {
        Flag = false;
    }

    public override string ToString()
    {
        if (Flag)
        {
            return "Ok";
        }
        else
        {
            return "Bad";
        }
    }
}

And use it

MyClass c = new MyClass();
Console.WriteLine(c); //Bad
c.Flag = true;
Console.WriteLine(c); //Ok
Console.ReadLine();

Your Flag could be some private field and change its value, depending on some inner conditions. It's all up to you.