STRINGS
Ms.Nausheeda B S
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Introduction
• Strings represent a sequence of characters
• Easiest way – using character array
char [] cArray = new char[4];
cArray[0]=‘N’;
cArray[1]=‘a’;
cArray[2]=‘m’;
cArray[3]=‘e’;
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• C# supports two types of strings
• Immutable
• Mutable
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Creating Strings
• Predefined reference type – string
• When we declare a string using string type, we
are in fact declaring the object to be of type
System.String
– Assigning string literals
– Copying from one object to another
– Concatenating two objects
– Reading from keyboard
– Using ToString method
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Assigning string literals
String s1 ;
S1 =“abc”;
Or
String s1 = “abc”;
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Copying strings
• Using overloaded = operator
• Using static Copy method
String s2 = s1;
String s2 = string.Copy(s1);
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Concatenating strings
• Using overloaded + operator
• Using static Concat method
String s3 = s1 + s2;
String s3 = string.Concat(s1, s2);
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• Reading from keyboard
• String s = Console.ReadLine();
• The ToString method
Int number = 123;
String numStr=number.ToString();
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Verbatim strings
• Strings beginning with @ symbol
String s1 = @”\EBG\Csharp\string.cs”
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String Methods
• String objects are immutable
• Cannot modify the characters contained in
them
• Has many built-in operations
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String class methods
• Inserting
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Comparing Strings
• Overloaded Compare()
• Overloaded Equals()
• Overloaded == operator
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• Compare ()
Int n = string.Compare(s1, s2)
Returns 0 if s1 = s2
Returns 1 if s1 < s2
Return -1 if s1 > s2
Int n = string.Compare(s1, s2, true)
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• Equals()
bool b1 = s2.Equals(s1);
Bool b2 = string.Equals(s2, s1);
Returns true else false
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• == operator
Bool b3 = (s1 == s2);
B3 is true if they are equal
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Finding substrings
s.Substring(n);
s.Substring(n1, n2);
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Mutable Strings
• Mutable strings that are modifiable are created using
the StringBuilder class
• Also called as dynamic strings
• Can grow dynamically as more characters are added
to them
• Unbound or max value
StringBuilder s1 = new StringBuilder(“abc”);
StringBuilder s2 = new StringBuilder();
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StringBuilder methods
Method Operation
Append(stringvalue) Appends a string
AppendFormat() Appends strings using a specific format
EnsureCapacity() Ensures sufficient size
Insert(index,strinvalue) Inserts a string at a specified position
Remove(intstart,length Removes the specified characters
)
Replace(oldval,newval) Replaces all instances of a character with a specified
one
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StringBuilder Properties
Property Operation
Capacity To retrieve or set the number of characters the
object can hold
Length To retrieve or set the length
MaxCapacity To retrieve the maximum capacity of the object
[] To get or set a character at a specified position
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