The following sections discuss the string data type, which is an alias for the String class.
In This Section
- String Basics (C# Programming Guide)
Describes the concept of strings in C#.
- How to: Modify String Contents (C# Programming Guide)
Provides a code example that illustrates how to modify the contents of strings.
- How to: Concatenate Multiple Strings (C# Programming Guide)
Illustrates how to use the + operator and the Stringbuilder class to join strings together at compile time and run time.
- How to: Compare Strings (C# Programming Guide)
Shows how to perform ordinal comparisons of strings.
- How to: Split Strings (C# Programming Guide)
Contains a code example that illustrates how to use the String.Split method to parse strings.
- How to: Search Strings Using String Methods (C# Programming Guide)
Explains how to use specific methods to search strings.
- How to: Search Strings Using Regular Expressions (C# Programming Guide)
Explains how to use regular expressions to search strings.
- How to: Determine Whether a String Represents a Numeric Value (C# Programming Guide)
Shows how to safely parse a string to see whether it has a valid numeric value.
- How to: Convert a String to a DateTime (C# Programming Guide)
Shows how to convert a string such as "01/24/2008" to a System..::.DateTime object.
Related Sections
- Basic String Operations
Provides links to topics that explain basic string operations.
- Comparing Strings
Includes information about how to compare strings and provides examples in C# and Visual Basic.
- LINQ and Strings
Provides information about how to perform various string operations by using LINQ queries.
- C# Programming Guide
Provides links to topics that explain programming constructs in C#.