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Strings and string literals

You don't use the new operator to create a string object


except when initializing the string with an array of chars.
1. Initialize a string with the Empty constant value to create
a new String object whose string is of zero length.
2. The string literal representation of a zero-length string is
"".
3. By initializing strings with the Empty value instead
of null, you can reduce the chances of
a NullReferenceException occurring.
4. Use the static IsNullOrEmpty(String) method to verify the
value of a string before you try to access it.

Boxing and Unboxing


Boxing is the process of converting a value type to the
type object or to any interface type implemented by this
value type.
When the common language runtime (CLR) boxes a value
type, it wraps the value inside a System.Object instance and
stores it on the managed heap.
Unboxing extracts the value type from the object.
Boxing is implicit; unboxing is explicit
. The concept of boxing and unboxing underlies the C#
unified view of the type system in which a value of any type
can be treated as an object.
int i = 123; // The following line boxes i. object o = i;
o = 123; i = (int)o; // unboxing

the stack only allows items to be added and removed


to/from the top,
any item in a heap can be accessed at any time.
explicit boxing is never required:
int i = 123; object o = (object)i; // explicit boxing

Unboxing
Unboxing is an explicit conversion from the type object to
a value type or from an interface type to a value type that
implements the interface.
An unboxing operation consists of:
Checking the object instance to make sure that it is a
boxed value of the given value type.
Copying the value from the instance into the value-type
variable.
int i = 123; // a value type object o = i; // boxing int j =
(int)o; // unboxing

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