C# 4.0 The Complete Reference

CHAPTER 22Strings and Formatting

This chapter examines the String class, which underlies C#’s string type. As all programmers know, string handling is a part of almost any program. For this reason, the String class defines an extensive set of methods, properties, and fields that give you detailed control of the construction and manipulation of strings. Closely related to string handling is the formatting of data into its human-readable form. Using the formatting subsystem, you can format the C# numeric types, date and time, and enumerations.

Strings in C#

An overview of C#’s string handling was presented in Chapter 7, and that discussion is not repeated here. However, it is worthwhile to review how strings are implemented in C# before examining ...