Strings (C# Programming Guide)

The following sections discuss the string data type, which is an alias for the String class.

In This Section

• String Basics (C# Programming Guide)
  Describes the concept of strings in C#.

• How to: Modify String Contents (C# Programming Guide)
  Provides a code example that illustrates how to modify the contents of strings.

• How to: Concatenate Multiple Strings (C# Programming Guide)
  Illustrates how to use the + operator and the Stringbuilder class to join strings together at compile time and run time.

• How to: Compare Strings (C# Programming Guide)
  Shows how to perform ordinal comparisons of strings.

• How to: Split Strings (C# Programming Guide)
  Contains a code example that illustrates how to use the String.Split method to parse strings.

• How to: Search Strings Using String Methods (C# Programming Guide)
  Explains how to use specific methods to search strings.

• How to: Search Strings Using Regular Expressions (C# Programming Guide)
  Explains how to use regular expressions to search strings.

• How to: Determine Whether a String Represents a Numeric Value (C# Programming Guide)
  Shows how to safely parse a string to see whether it has a valid numeric value.

• How to: Convert a String to a DateTime (C# Programming Guide)
  Shows how to convert a string such as "01/24/2008" to a System.DateTime object.

Related Sections

• Basic String Operations
  Provides links to topics that explain basic string operations.

• Comparing Strings
  Includes information about how to compare strings and provides examples in C# and Visual Basic.

• LINQ and Strings
  Provides information about how to perform various string operations by using LINQ queries.

• C# Programming Guide
  Provides links to topics that explain programming constructs in C#.