Tag Archives: strings

Efficiently see if a string is blank in C#

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Rod Stephens

This example uses three strings to compare different methods for determining whether a string is blank. One of the methods, the string class’s IsNullOrWhiteSpace method, only works in .NET Framework 4.5 or later, so this example targets that version of … Continue reading →

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Examine the unique words in a Microsoft Word file in C#

Posted on August 30, 2017 by RodStephens

This example is a modification of the earlier post List the unique words in a Microsoft Word file in C#. That program reads the words in a Microsoft word file, sorts them, and then displays the unique words in a … Continue reading →

Posted in files, Office, strings, Word | Tagged C#, C# programming, count words, example, example program, files, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Office, strings, unique words, Windows Forms programming, Word, word count | Leave a comment

Use string extension methods to validate Social Security numbers in C#

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Rod Stephens

This example defines three extension methods that return true if strings contain Social Security numbers. Recall that you must add extension methods to a static class and that the methods must be static. This example begins by defining a Matches … Continue reading →

Posted in extension methods, extensions, regular expressions, strings | Tagged C#, C# programming, example, example program, extension methods, extensions, regular expressions, Social Security numbers, strings, Windows Forms programming | 2 Comments

Understand the @ symbol in C#

Posted on June 17, 2017 by Rod Stephens

The @ symbol can be pretty confusing for some C# developers. I’ve even known a few who have been programming for quite a while but who still have incorrect assumptions about what @ does. In your code (and only in … Continue reading →

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Use digits of Pi to draw a picture in C#

Posted on March 15, 2017 by RodStephens

The article 10 stunning images show the beauty hidden in pi shows several ways to use Pi to generate pictures. This example demonstrates one of them. The program starts drawing at the origin (0, 0). It then scans through the … Continue reading →

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Look for dates in the digits of Pi in C#

Posted on March 15, 2017 by RodStephens

The example Find patterns within pi in C# looks for patterns within the digits of Pi. You can use that example to look for dates such as 4/1. This example determines whether the first 100 thousand digits of Pi contains … Continue reading →

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Find patterns within Pi in C#

Posted on March 14, 2017 by RodStephens

March 14 is known as Pi Day because its numeric representation 3/14 includes the first three digits of Pi: 3.14. (At least in the United States. In Europe where they usually write dates month first, Pi Day is July 22 … Continue reading →

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Make a case-insensitive dictionary in C#

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Rod Stephens

The example Use a Dictionary to store and retrieve items in C# shows how to use a dictionary to store and retrieve values with keys. By default the Dictionary class is case-sensitive so the keys “Rod Stephens” and “rod stephens” … Continue reading →

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Understand string equality testing in C#

Posted on February 28, 2017 by RodStephens

To really understand this example, you need to know about string interning, equality testing, and operator overloading. Interning First, interning. To save space, .NET uses an intern pool to store literal strings at compile time. If the program contains a … Continue reading →

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Use a Dictionary to store and retrieve items in C#

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Rod Stephens

This example demonstrates a Dictionary. A Dictionary is basically a strongly typed Hashtable. A Hashtable stores key/value pairs in a way that makes looking up values extremely fast. For example, suppose you have an employee database that uses EmployeeId values … Continue reading →