Learning C# 3.0

Manipulating Strings

The String class provides a host of methods for comparing, searching, and manipulating strings, the most important of which are shown in Table 15-1.

Table 15-1. String class properties and methods

Method or property	Explanation
Chars	Property that returns the string indexer
Compare( )	Overloaded public static method that compares two strings
Copy( )	Public static method that creates a new string by copying another
Equals( )	Overloaded public static and instance methods that determine whether two strings have the same value
Format( )	Overloaded public static method that formats a string using a format specification
Length	Property that returns the number of characters in the instance
PadLeft( )	Right-aligns the characters in the string, padding to the left with spaces or a specified character
PadRight( )	Left-aligns the characters in the string, padding to the right with spaces or a specified character
Remove( )	Deletes the specified number of characters
Split( )	Divides a string, returning the substrings delimited by the specified characters
StartsWith( )	Indicates whether the string starts with the specified characters
Substring( )	Retrieves a substring
ToCharArray( )	Copies the characters from the string to a character array
ToLower( )	Returns a copy of the string in lowercase
ToUpper( )	Returns a copy of the string in uppercase
Trim( )	Removes all occurrences of a set of specified characters from the beginning and end of the string
TrimEnd( )	Behaves like Trim( ), but only at the end of the ...