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Working with Common .NET Types

This chapter is about some common types that are included with .NET. These include types for manipulating numbers, text, and collections, improving working with spans, indexes, and ranges, and network access.

This chapter covers the following topics:

  • Working with numbers
  • Working with text
  • Pattern matching with regular expressions
  • Storing multiple objects in collections
  • Working with spans, indexes, and ranges
  • Working with network resources

Working with numbers

One of the most common types of data is numbers. The most common types in .NET for working with numbers are shown in the following table:

Namespace

Example type(s)

Description

System

SByte, Int16, Int32, Int64

Integers; that is, zero, and ...

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