StringBuilder::Chars Property (Int32)
Gets or sets the character at the specified character position in this instance.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
public: property wchar_t default[ int index ] { wchar_t get(int index); void set(int index, wchar_t value); }
Parameters
- index
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Type:
System::Int32
The position of the character.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentOutOfRangeException | index is outside the bounds of this instance while setting a character. |
| IndexOutOfRangeException | index is outside the bounds of this instance while getting a character. |
The index parameter is the position of a character within the StringBuilder. The first character in the string is at index 0. The length of a string is the number of characters it contains. The last accessible character of a StringBuilder instance is at index Length - 1.
Chars is the default property of the StringBuilder class. In C#, it is an indexer. This means that individual characters can be retrieved from the Chars property as shown in the following example, which counts the number of alphabetic, white-space, and punctuation characters in a string.
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1