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CursorWindow.GetString(Int32, Int32) Method

Definition

Gets the value of the field at the specified row and column index as a string.

[Android.Runtime.Register("getString", "(II)Ljava/lang/String;", "GetGetString_IIHandler")]
public virtual string? GetString (int row, int column);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("getString", "(II)Ljava/lang/String;", "GetGetString_IIHandler")>]
abstract member GetString : int * int -> string
override this.GetString : int * int -> string

Parameters

row
Int32

The zero-based row index.

column
Int32

The zero-based column index.

Returns

The value of the field as a string.

Attributes

Remarks

Gets the value of the field at the specified row and column index as a string.

The result is determined as follows: <ul> <li>If the field is of type Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_NULL, then the result is null.</li> <li>If the field is of type Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_STRING, then the result is the string value.</li> <li>If the field is of type Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_INTEGER, then the result is a string representation of the integer in decimal, obtained by formatting the value with the printf family of functions using format specifier %lld.</li> <li>If the field is of type Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_FLOAT, then the result is a string representation of the floating-point value in decimal, obtained by formatting the value with the printf family of functions using format specifier %g.</li> <li>If the field is of type Cursor#FIELD_TYPE_BLOB, then a SQLiteException is thrown.</li> </ul>

Java documentation for android.database.CursorWindow.getString(int, int).

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