Sys.StringBuilder Class

Provides a mechanism to concatenate strings.

Namespace: Sys

Inherits: None

var stringBuilderVar = StringBuilder(string);

Constructors

Sys.StringBuilder Constructor: Creates a new instance of StringBuilder and optionally accepts initial text to concatenate.

Members

Sys.StringBuilder append Method: Appends a string to the end of the StringBuilder instance.
Sys.StringBuilder appendLine Method: Appends a new string with a line terminator to the end of the StringBuilder instance.
Sys.StringBuilder clear Method: Clears the contents of the StringBuilder instance.
Sys.StringBuilder isEmpty Method: Determines whether the StringBuilder instance has any content.
Sys.StringBuilder toString Method: Creates a string from the contents of a StringBuilder instance.

Remarks

The StringBuilder class represents a mutable string of characters and provides a mechanism to concatenate a sequence of strings.

Example

The following example shows how to create a new StringBuilder instance and call the append method to add a line of text. The code then calls the appendLine method to add a string with a line terminator at the end of the string. Finally, the code calls the toString method, passing a "|" character as a delimiter to insert between the elements of the string returned by StringBuilder.

JScript

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html  >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>Samples</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
       <asp:ScriptManager runat="server" ID="ScriptManager1">
       </asp:ScriptManager>

       <script type="text/javascript">
            function buildAString(title){
                var headTagStart = "<head>";
                var headTagEnd = "</head>";
                var titleTagStart = "<title>";
                var titleTagEnd = "</title>";

                var sb = new Sys.StringBuilder(this._headTagStart);
                sb.append(titleTagEnd);
                sb.append(title);
                sb.append(titleTagEnd);
                sb.append(headTagEnd);
                // Displays: "The result: <head><title>A Title</title></head>"
                alert("The result" + sb.toString()); 
            }

            var title = "A Title";
            buildAString(title);

        </script>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Visual Basic

Imports System.Text

Public Module App 
    Public Sub Main() 
        ' Create a StringBuilder that expects to hold 50 characters.
        ' Initialize the StringBuilder with "ABC".
        Dim sb As New StringBuilder("ABC", 50)

        ' Append three characters (D, E, and F) to the end of the StringBuilder.
        sb.Append(New Char() {"D"c, "E"c, "F"c})

        ' Append a format string to the end of the StringBuilder.
        sb.AppendFormat("GHI{0}{1}", "J"c, "k"c)

        ' Display the number of characters in the StringBuilder and its string.
        Console.WriteLine("{0} chars: {1}", sb.Length, sb.ToString())

        ' Insert a string at the beginning of the StringBuilder.
        sb.Insert(0, "Alphabet: ")

        ' Replace all lowercase k's with uppercase K's.
        sb.Replace("k", "K")

        ' Display the number of characters in the StringBuilder and its string.
        Console.WriteLine("{0} chars: {1}", sb.Length, sb.ToString())
    End Sub
End Module

' This code produces the following output.
'
' 11 chars: ABCDEFGHIJk
' 21 chars: Alphabet: ABCDEFGHIJK

using System;
using System.Text;

public sealed class App 
{
    static void Main() 
    {
        // Create a StringBuilder that expects to hold 50 characters.
        // Initialize the StringBuilder with "ABC".
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("ABC", 50);

        // Append three characters (D, E, and F) to the end of the StringBuilder.
        sb.Append(new char[] { 'D', 'E', 'F' });

        // Append a format string to the end of the StringBuilder.
        sb.AppendFormat("GHI{0}{1}", 'J', 'k');

        // Display the number of characters in the StringBuilder and its string.
        Console.WriteLine("{0} chars: {1}", sb.Length, sb.ToString());

        // Insert a string at the beginning of the StringBuilder.
        sb.Insert(0, "Alphabet: ");

        // Replace all lowercase k's with uppercase K's.
        sb.Replace('k', 'K');

        // Display the number of characters in the StringBuilder and its string.
        Console.WriteLine("{0} chars: {1}", sb.Length, sb.ToString());
    }
}

// This code produces the following output.
//
// 11 chars: ABCDEFGHIJk
// 21 chars: Alphabet: ABCDEFGHIJK

Visual C++

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Text;

int main()
{
    // Create a StringBuilder that expects to hold 50 characters.
    // Initialize the StringBuilder with "ABC".
    StringBuilder^ sb = gcnew StringBuilder("ABC", 50);

    // Append three characters (D, E, and F) to the end of the
    // StringBuilder.
    sb->Append(gcnew array<Char>{'D', 'E', 'F'});

    // Append a format string to the end of the StringBuilder.
    sb->AppendFormat("GHI{0}{1}", (Char)'J', (Char)'k');

    // Display the number of characters in the StringBuilder
    // and its string.
    Console::WriteLine("{0} chars: {1}", sb->Length, sb->ToString());

    // Insert a string at the beginning of the StringBuilder.
    sb->Insert(0, "Alphabet: ");

    // Replace all lowercase k's with uppercase K's.
    sb->Replace('k', 'K');

    // Display the number of characters in the StringBuilder
    // and its string.
    Console::WriteLine("{0} chars: {1}", sb->Length, sb->ToString());
}

// This code produces the following output.
//
// 11 chars: ABCDEFGHIJk
// 21 chars: Alphabet: ABCDEFGHIJK

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