Work with variable data in C# console applications (Get started with C#, Part 4)

Dive deeper into data and types, learning how to manipulate string and numeric data and perform operations on arrays. In this learning path, you'll:

  • Choose the correct data type for the data you need to work with
  • Cast and convert data from one type to another
  • Modify string data, formatting it for display or changing the content of the string
  • Manipulate arrays, adding, removing, and sorting data

Prerequisites

  • Beginner level experience with C# concepts including declaring, initializing, and using variables
  • Beginner level experience with the if-elseif-else statement
  • Beginner level experience with arrays and the foreach statement
  • Develop, build, and run C# code using Visual Studio Code
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Modules in this learning path

Learn the difference between many data types, how they work, what they do, and how to choose one over another.

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Use C# to format strings with white space, special characters, padding, and alignment. Give context to numeric data like currency, percentages, and numbers with decimals.

Demonstrate your ability to develop a console app that implements data formatting and using arrays to deliver a search feature.

Demonstrate your ability to develop a console app that implements data formatting and using arrays to deliver a multiple term search feature.