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.ToUpper() in C#

In C#, .ToUpper() is a string method that converts string str2 = "This is C# Program
every character in a string to uppercase. If a character
xsdd_$#%";
does not have an uppercase equivalent, it remains
unchanged. For example, special symbols remain
unchanged. // string converted to Upper case
string upperstr2 = str2.ToUpper();

//upperstr2 contains "THIS IS C# PROGRAM

XSDD_$#%"

IndexOf() in C#

In C#, the IndexOf() method is a string method used string str = "Divyesh";
to find the index position of a specified character in a
string. The method returns -1 if the character isn’t
found. // Finding the index of character
// which is present in string and
// this will show the value 5
int index1 = str.IndexOf('s');

Console.WriteLine("The Index Value of

character 's' is " + index1);
//The Index Value of character 's' is 5

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Bracket Notation

Strings contain characters. One way these char values // Get values from this string.
can be accessed is with bracket notation. We can even
string value = "Dot Net Perls";
store these chars in separate variables.
We access a specific character by using the square
brackets on the string, putting the index position of the //variable first contains letter D
desired character between the brackets. For example,
char first = value[0];
to get the first character, you can specify variable[0] .
To get the last character, you can subtract one from the
length of the string. //Second contains letter o
char second = value[1];

//last contains letter s

char last = value[value.Length - 1];

Escape Character Sequences in C#

In C#, an escape sequence refers to a combination of

characters beginning with a back slash \ followed by
letters or digits. It’s used to make sure that the program
reads certain characters as part of a string. For
example, it can be used to include quotation marks
within a string that you would like to print to console.
Escape sequences can do other things using specific
characters. \n is used to create a new line.

Substring() in C#

In C#, Substring() is a string method used to retrieve string myString = "Divyesh";

part of a string while keeping the original data intact.
string test1 = myString.Substring(2);
The substring that you retrieve can be stored in a
variable for use elsewhere in your program.

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String Concatenation in C#

Concatenation is the process of appending one string // Declare strings

to the end of another string. The simplest method of
string firstName = "Divyesh";
adding two strings in C# is using the + operator.
string lastName = "Goardnan";

// Concatenate two string variables

string name = firstName + " " + lastName;
Console.WriteLine(name);
//Ths code will output Divyesh Goardnan

.ToLower() in C#

In C#, .ToLower() is a string method that converts string mixedCase = "This is a MIXED case
every character to lowercase. If a character does not
string.";
have a lowercase equivalent, it remains unchanged. For
example, special symbols remain unchanged.
// Call ToLower instance method, which
returns a new copy.
string lower = mixedCase.ToLower();

//variable lower contains "this is a

mixed case string."

String Length in C#

The string class has a Length property, which returns string a = "One example";
the number of characters in the string.
Console.WriteLine("LENGTH: " + a.Length);
// This code outputs 11

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String Interpolation in C#

String interpolation provides a more readable and int id = 100

convenient syntax to create formatted strings. It allows
us to insert variable values and expressions in the
middle of a string so that we don’t have to worry about // We can use an expression with a string
punctuation or spaces. interpolation.
string multipliedNumber = $"The
multiplied ID is {id * 10}.";

Console.WriteLine(multipliedNumber);
// This code would output "The multiplied
ID is 1000."

String New-Line

The character combination \n represents a newline Console.WriteLine("Hello\nWorld");

character when inside a C# string .
For example passing "Hello\nWorld" to
Console.WriteLine() would print Hello and // The console output will look like:
World on separate lines in the console. // Hello
// World

Console.ReadLine()

The Console.ReadLine() method is used to get user Console.WriteLine("Enter your name: ");
input. The user input can be stored in a variable. This
method can also be used to prompt the user to press
string name = Console.ReadLine();
enter on the keyboard.

Comments

Comments are bits of text that are not executed. These // This is a single line comment
lines can be used to leave notes and increase the
readability of the program.
Single line comments are created with two /* This is a multi-line comment
forward slashes // . and continues until the end
Multi-line comments start with /* and end
of comment symbol is reached */
with */ . They are useful for commenting out
large blocks of code.

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Console.WriteLine()

The Console.WriteLine() method is used to print Console.WriteLine("Hello, world!");

text to the console. It can also be used to print other
data types and values stored in variables.
// Prints: Hello, world!

Variables and Types

A variable is a way to store data in the computer’s string foo = "Hello";

memory to be used later in the program. C# is a type-
string bar = "How are you?";
safe language, meaning that when variables are
declared it is necessary to define their data type. int x = 5;
Declaring the types of variables allows the compiler to
stop the program from being run when variables are
Console.WriteLine(foo);
used incorrectly, i.e, an int being used when a string
is needed or vice versa. // Prints: Hello

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