Answer by Hezy Ziv for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
In C#, both String and string are used to represent a string of characters, but they are used in slightly different contexts:string (lowercase s):This is a keyword in C#.It is an alias for the .NET...
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The tiny difference between string and String in C#. the string is just an alias of the system. String. Both string and Strings are compiled in the same manner. Answer is very Simple. string is keyword...
View ArticleAnswer by DanConsultant for What is the difference between String and string...
A good way to thing about it is string is a data type where String is a class type. Each have different methods and which one to use depends on your need.
View ArticleAnswer by Nima Habibollahi for What is the difference between String and...
There are at least 4 differences:1- string is a reserved word, but String is just a class name. This means that string cannot be used as a variable name by itself.2- you can't use String without "using...
View ArticleAnswer by Ran Turner for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
Essentially, there is no difference betweenstring and String in C#.String is a class in the .NET framework in the System namespace under System.String, Whereas, lower case string is an alias of...
View ArticleAnswer by TRK for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
There is no major difference between string and String in C#.String is a class in the .NET framework in the System namespace. The fully qualified name is System.String. The lower case string is an...
View ArticleAnswer by MicroservicesOnDDD for What is the difference between String and...
There are many (e.g. Jeffrey Richter in his book CLR Via C#) who are saying that there is no difference between System.String and string, and also System.Int32 and int, but we must discriminate a...
View ArticleAnswer by Ali Sufyan for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
Image result for string vs String www.javatpoint.comIn C#, string is an alias for the String class in .NET framework. In fact, every C# type has an equivalent in .NET.Another little difference is that...
View ArticleAnswer by Ted Mucuzany for What is the difference between String and string...
All the above is basically correct. One can check it. Just write a short methodpublic static void Main(){ var s = "a string";}compile it and open .exe with ildasm to see.method private hidebysig static...
View ArticleAnswer by Gonçalo Garrido for What is the difference between String and...
declare a string variable with string but use the String class when accessing one of its static members:String.Format()Variable string name = "";
View ArticleAnswer by aloisdg for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
@JaredPar (a developer on the C# compiler and prolific SO user!) wrote a great blog post on this issue. I think it is worth sharing here. It is a nice perspective on our subject.string vs. String is...
View ArticleAnswer by Braham Prakash Yadav for What is the difference between String and...
it is common practice to declare a variable using C# keywords.In fact, every C# type has an equivalent in .NET. As another example, short and int in C# map to Int16 and Int32 in .NET. So, technically...
View ArticleAnswer by Burak Yeniçeri for What is the difference between String and string...
String is the class of string. If you remove System namespace from using statements, you can see that String has gone but string is still here. string is keyword for String. Likeint and Int32short and...
View ArticleAnswer by user8207463 for What is the difference between String and string in...
string is a shortcut for System.String. The only difference is that you don´t need to reference to System.String namespace. So would be better using string than String.
View ArticleAnswer by Jaider for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
As you already know string is just alias for System.String. But what should I use? it just personal preference.In my case, I love to use string rather than use System.String because String requires a...
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Answer by wild coder for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
First of All, both string& String are not same.There is a difference:String is not a keyword and it can be used as an identifier whereas string is a keyword and cannot be used as identifier.I am...
View ArticleAnswer by v.slobodzian for What is the difference between String and string...
Jeffrey Richter written:Another way to think of this is that the C# compiler automatically assumes that you have the following using directives in all of your source code files:using int =...
View ArticleAnswer by BanksySan for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
There is one practical difference between string and String.nameof(String); // compilesnameof(string); // doesn't compileThis is because string is a keyword (an alias in this case) whereas String is a...
View ArticleAnswer by Hasan Jafarov for What is the difference between String and string...
string is short name of System.String. String or System.String is name of string in CTS(Common Type System).
View ArticleAnswer by Taslim Oseni for What is the difference between String and string...
In C#, string is the shorthand version of System.String (String). They basically mean the same thing.It's just like bool and Boolean, not much difference..
View ArticleAnswer by Jineesh Uvantavida for What is the difference between String and...
A string is a sequential collection of characters that is used to represent text.A String object is a sequential collection of System.Char objects that represent a string; a System.Char object...
View ArticleAnswer by DavidWainwright for What is the difference between String and...
I prefer to use string because this type is used so much that I don't want the syntax highlighter blending it in with all the other classes. Although it is a class it is used more like a primitive...
View ArticleAnswer by Saurabh for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
string is equal to System.String in VS2015 if you write this:System.String str;Than compiler will show potential fix to optimize it and after applying that fixe it will look like thisstring str;
View ArticleAnswer by sayah imad for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
String : Represent a classstring : Represent an aliasIt's just a coding convention from microsoft .
View ArticleAnswer by hubot for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
To be honest, in practice usually there is not difference between System.String and string.All types in C# are objects and all derives from System.Object class. One difference is that string is a C#...
View ArticleAnswer by Pritam Jyoti Ray for What is the difference between String and...
There is no difference between the two. You can use either of them in your code.System.String is a class (reference type) defined the mscorlib in the namespace System. In other words, System.String is...
View ArticleAnswer by yazan_ati for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
As pointed out, they are the same thing and string is just an alias to String.For what it's worth, I use string to declare types - variables, properties, return values and parameters. This is...
View ArticleAnswer by tic for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
In case it's useful to really see there is no difference between string and System.String:var method1 = typeof(MyClass).GetMethod("TestString1").GetMethodBody().GetILAsByteArray();var method2 =...
View ArticleAnswer by Teter28 for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
You don't need import namespace (using System;) to use string because it is a global alias of System.String.To know more about aliases you can check this link.
View ArticleAnswer by Neel for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
string is a keyword, and you can't use string as an identifier. String is not a keyword, and you can use it as an identifier:Examplestring String = "I am a string";The keyword string is an alias...
View ArticleAnswer by zap92 for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
There is practically no differenceThe C# keyword string maps to the .NET type System.String - it is an alias that keeps to the naming conventions of the language.
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Answer by Shivprasad Koirala for What is the difference between String and...
This YouTube video demonstrates practically how they differ.But now for a long textual answer.When we talk about .NET there are two different things one there is .NET framework and the other there are...
View ArticleAnswer by user2771704 for What is the difference between String and string in...
There's a quote on this issue from Daniel Solis' book.All the predefined types are mapped directly to underlying .NET types. The C# type names (string) are simply aliases for the .NET types (String or...
View ArticleAnswer by Coder for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
Yes, that's no difference between them, just like the bool and Boolean.
View ArticleAnswer by Inverted Llama for What is the difference between String and string...
String refers to a string object which comes with various functions for manipulating the contained string.string refers to a primitive type In C# they both compile to String but in other languages they...
View ArticleAnswer by JeeShen Lee for What is the difference between String and string in...
string is an alias (or shorthand) of System.String. That means, by typing string we meant System.String. You can read more in think link: 'string' is an alias/shorthand of System.String.
View ArticleAnswer by claudioalpereira for What is the difference between String and...
I'd just like to add this to lfousts answer, from Ritchers book:The C# language specification states, “As a matter of style, use of the keyword is favored over use of the complete system type name.” I...
View ArticleAnswer by Rasmus Faber for What is the difference between String and string...
C# is a language which is used together with the CLR.string is a type in C#.System.String is a type in the CLR.When you use C# together with the CLR string will be mapped to...
View ArticleAnswer by Simon_Weaver for What is the difference between String and string...
string is a reserved word, but String is just a class name. This means that string cannot be used as a variable name by itself.If for some reason you wanted a variable called string, you'd see only the...
View ArticleAnswer by Jon Skeet for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
Just for the sake of completeness, here's a brain dump of related information...As others have noted, string is an alias for System.String. Assuming your code using String compiles to System.String...
View ArticleAnswer by Pradeep Kumar Mishra for What is the difference between String and...
Both are same. But from coding guidelines perspective it's better to use string instead of String. This is what generally developers use. e.g. instead of using Int32 we use int as int is alias to...
View ArticleAnswer by Anthony Mastrean for What is the difference between String and...
I prefer the capitalized .NET types (rather than the aliases) for formatting reasons. The .NET types are colored the same as other object types (the value types are proper objects, after...
View ArticleAnswer by user3296 for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
There is one difference - you can't use String without using System; beforehand.Updated:"String" with a capital "S" is a keyword that refers to the built-in string data type in the .NET Framework's...
View ArticleAnswer by Mel for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
It's a matter of convention, really. string just looks more like C/C++ style. The general convention is to use whatever shortcuts your chosen language has provided (int/Int for Int32). This goes for...
View ArticleAnswer by Luke Foust for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
The best answer I have ever heard about using the provided type aliases in C# comes from Jeffrey Richter in his book CLR Via C#. Here are his 3 reasons:I've seen a number of developers confused, not...
View ArticleAnswer by urini for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
Lower case string is an alias for System.String.They are the same in C#.There's a debate over whether you should use the System types (System.Int32, System.String, etc.) types or the C# aliases (int,...
View ArticleAnswer by Ronnie for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
System.String is the .NET string class - in C# string is an alias for System.String - so in use they are the same.As for guidelines I wouldn't get too bogged down and just use whichever you feel like -...
View ArticleAnswer by Derek Park for What is the difference between String and string in C#?
string is an alias in C# for System.String.So technically, there is no difference. It's like intvs.System.Int32.As far as guidelines, it's generally recommended to use string any time you're referring...
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What are the differences between these two, and which one should I use?string s = "Hello world!";String s = "Hello world!";
View ArticleAnswer by Nima Habibollahi for What is the difference between String and...
Technically there is no difference, but there are these minor differences:Language vs framework: string is alias built in data-type and alias keywords but String is alias part of class library:...
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