StringBuilder Constructor (Int32)

The capacity parameter defines the maximum number of characters that can be stored in the memory allocated by the current instance. Its value is assigned to the Capacity property. If the number of characters to be stored in the current instance exceeds this capacity value, the StringBuilder object allocates additional memory to store them.

The string value of this instance is set to String.Empty. If capacity is zero, the implementation-specific default capacity is used.

The following example demonstrates how to call the StringBuilder constructor with a specified capacity.

int capacity = 255;
StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder(capacity);

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Portable Class Library

Windows 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

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