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Tag Archives: strings
Add LINQ to autocomplete in C#
This example adds LINQ to the example Improve autocomplete suggestion in C#. It adds LINQ in two places: when it loads the list of words and when the program searches for the best matches that begin with a particular letter. … Continue reading
Improve autocomplete suggestion in C#
This example improves on the example Suggest autocomplete words in C#. The previous example loads all of its words into a big array. Then, to find the words that start with a particular letter, the program uses a binary search … Continue reading
Suggest autocomplete words in C#
This example shows one way that a program can suggest words for the user. When I type something on my phone, it displays a list of possible words for autocomplete below the editing area. For example, if I type “gping” … Continue reading
Draw different styles of “illuminated” text in C#
My previous post Draw “illuminated” text in C# showed how to draw “illuminated” text. It drew each paragraph’s initial letter in a large font with a box around it. Real illuminated manuscripts typically make the initial letter much more elaborate. … Continue reading
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Tagged C#, C# programming, example, example program, fonts, graphics, illuminated text, strings, text, Windows Forms programming
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Draw “illuminated” text in C#
This example lets you draw “illuminated text” where each paragraph begins with an oversized letter. In some illuminated manuscripts, the first letter of a paragraph is drawn in a larger font than the remaining text. This example does something similar. … Continue reading
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Tagged C#, C# programming, example, example program, fonts, graphics, illuminated text, strings, text, Windows Forms programming
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Make a Shakespeare insult generator in C#
This example shows how to build a Shakespeare insult generator by selecting one word from each of three arrays and combining the results. The following code shows the arrays (with many values omitted to save space). // The insult pieces … Continue reading
Rearrange text and format it to initialize variables in C#
This example takes three columns of strings, rearranges them so the values in each column are together, and reformats the results to produce text that you can use to initialize variables. The Shakespeare Insult Kit contains a table holding three … Continue reading
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Tagged arrays, C#, C# data, C# programming, columns, example, example program, rows, Shakespeare, Shakespeare insults, strings, switch rows and columns, variables, Windows Forms programming
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Draw ransom note text in a RichTextBox in C#
This example is similar to the post Draw ransom note text in C# but it writes text into a RichTextBox instead of on a PictureBox. This has the following advantages. The code is simpler The RichTextBox can arrange text more … Continue reading
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Tagged C#, C# programming, example, example program, font, graphics, random, random color, random font, ransom note, ransom note text, strings, Windows Forms programming
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Draw ransom note text in C#
This example draws each of the characters in a string in a different random font to produce a ransom note text effect. The program starts by using the following code to create arrays holding font names and brushes from which … Continue reading
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Tagged C#, C# programming, example, example program, font, graphics, random, random color, random font, ransom note, ransom note text, strings, Windows Forms programming
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