Sams Teach Yourself Visual C# 2008 in 24 Hours: Complete Starter Kit

Chapter 12. Performing Arithmetic, String Manipulation, and Date/Time Adjustments

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Performing arithmetic

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Understanding the order of operator precedence

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Comparing equalities

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Understanding Boolean logic

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Manipulating strings

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Working with dates and times

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Just as arithmetic is a necessary part of everyday life, it’s also vital to developing Windows programs. You probably won’t write an application that doesn’t add, subtract, multiply, or divide some numbers. In this hour, you learn how to perform arithmetic in code. You also learn about order of operator ...