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Working with Text: Getting Length and Character of String

Working with Text: Getting Length and Character of String

Learn about common data types for working with text, including char, string, StringBuilder, and Regex.

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One of the other most common types of data for variables is text. The most common types in .NET for working with text are shown in the following table:

Namespace

Type

Description

System

Char

Storage for a single text character

System

String

Storage for multiple text characters

System.Text

StringBuilder

Efficiently manipulates strings

System.Text.RegularExpressions

Regex

Efficiently pattern-matches strings

Getting the length of a string

Let’s explore some common tasks when working with text; for example, sometimes we need to find out the length of a piece of text stored in a string variable:

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