Let’s say you want to point to a different connection string when you deploy your ASP.NET Web Project to your hosting provider. Until recently you’d have to modify your Web.config file manually. This is an easy procedure but you might end screwing up the file in some way. Visual Studio 2010 comes w...

Sometimes I encounter a task - create some little template, that user can easily configure. Yeah, there are many powerful template engines, or you can use {0}, {1} placeholders, or even handwritten #Id#, #Name# placeholders. But this article describes yet another way - simple and descriptive string ...

Cheat sheet for reading XML from string

Strings of type System.String are immutable (read-only) in .NET because its value cannot be modified once it has been created. That means any change to a string causes the runtime to create a new string object and abandon the old one. That happens invisibly. Following code allocates three new string...

SHA stands for Secure Hash Algorithm. This hash algorithm are applied to encrpt the string and store in un-readable format. SHA-1 is the best established of the existing SHA hash functions, and is employed in several widely used security applications and protocols. SHA-1 is implemented in .Net using...

Convert HTMLTextWriter output to string usinf StringBuilder & StringWriter class

In the previous article, 30 Common String Operations in C# and VB.NET – Part I, we explored 15 common String operations while working with the String class. In Part II of the article, we will continue with the series and cover 15 more.

This article shows the differences between string versus String versus StringBuilder. It details when and how to use the C# String and StringBuilder classes.

You must have come across plenty of articles on the internet which talk about using the StringBuilder class when computing large strings for performance gains. Nothing wrong with that. However I have not seen many coders using the Initial Capacity constructor of the StringBuilder class which can fur...

System.String type is used in any .NET application. We have strings as: names, addresses, descriptions, error messages, warnings or even application settings. Each application has to create, compare or format string data. Considering the immutability and the fact that any object can be converted to ...

Due to my web research I found some useful tips about how to compare two strings making full use of performance in .NET Framework.

Did you know how evil string.ToLower() can sometimes be? See an example when string.ToLower() is definitely not an option.

Four methods to extend your string, ToCamel(), Capitalize(), CapitalizeAll() and ToPascal().

Over the years, plenty has been written about string performance, lots of comparisons between String.Concat and StringBuilder. Today I decided to do some of my own research into the subject and contribute to the knowledge already out there. More specifically, I'll be taking a look at the memory usag...