CodeIdentifier.MakeValid(String) Method

Definition

Produces a valid code entity name from an input string.

This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

public static string MakeValid (string identifier);

Parameters

identifier
String

The name of a code entity, such as a method parameter, typically taken from an XML element or attribute name.

Returns

A string that can be used as a code identifier, such as the name of a method parameter.

Remarks

The MakeValid method removes any characters that cannot appear in a code identifier. It returns the string "Item" if no characters are valid. It prefixes the string "Item" to an input that begins with an invalid start character, for example, a digit, or a currency symbol.

You do not need to call this method directly.

Applies to

Produit Versions
.NET Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0, 2.1