Updated: January 2012
Converts the value of this instance to a String.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Public Overrides Function ToString As String
public override string ToString()
public: virtual String^ ToString() override
abstract ToString : unit -> string override ToString : unit -> string
You must call the ToString method to convert the StringBuilder object to a String object before you can pass the string represented by the StringBuilder object to a method that has a String parameter or display it in the user interface.
The following example demonstrates calling the ToString method. This example is part of a larger example provided for the StringBuilder class.
' Display the number of characters in the StringBuilder and its string. Console.WriteLine("{0} chars: {1}", sb.Length, sb.ToString())
// Display the number of characters in the StringBuilder and its string. Console.WriteLine("{0} chars: {1}", sb.Length, sb.ToString());
// Display the number of characters in the StringBuilder // and its string. Console::WriteLine("{0} chars: {1}", sb->Length, sb->ToString());
.NET Framework
Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0.NET Framework Client Profile
Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1Portable Class Library
Supported in: Portable Class LibraryWindows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Reference
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January 2012 |
Added the Remarks section. |
Customer feedback. |
See documentation of String.Intern() and following MSDN example for details:
// Sample for String.Intern(String)
using System;
using System.Text;
class Sample
{
public static void Main()
{
String s1 = "MyTest";
String s2 = new StringBuilder().Append("My").Append("Test").ToString();
String s3 = String.Intern(s2); Console.WriteLine("s1 == '{0}'", s1);
Console.WriteLine("s2 == '{0}'", s2);
Console.WriteLine("s3 == '{0}'", s3);
Console.WriteLine("Is s2 the same reference as s1?: {0}", (Object)s2==(Object)s1);
Console.WriteLine("Is s3 the same reference as s1?: {0}", (Object)s3==(Object)s1);
}
}
/* This example produces the following results:
s1 == 'MyTest'
s2 == 'MyTest'
s3 == 'MyTest'
Is s2 the same reference as s1?: False
Is s3 the same reference as s1?: True
*/