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String Manipulation in C#: Best Practices

Strings are a core concept in .NET, which all developers must master. This course will teach you everything you need to know about the best practices for working with strings using C#.

Steve Gordon - Pluralsight course - String Manipulation in C#: Best Practices
by Steve Gordon

What you'll learn

Strings are one of the most used types in any application you will build. In this course, String Manipulation in C#: Best Practices, you'll uncover everything you need to know about strings to use them effectively in your applications. First, you'll learn how to create strings to represent text data. Then, you'll explore the extensive collection of methods used to concatenate, modify, format and search strings. Finally, you'll discover advanced topics, such as how to use strings efficiently and how to apply best practices in your code. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge required to manipulate strings and to produce high-quality software using C# and .NET.

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Steve Gordon - Pluralsight course - String Manipulation in C#: Best Practices
Steve Gordon

Steve Gordon is a Pluralsight author, Microsoft MVP and senior engineer based in the UK. He works for Elastic maintaining their .NET client libraries. Steve is passionate about community and all things .NET related, having worked with ASP.NET for over 17 years. Steve enjoys sharing his knowledge through his blog, in videos and by presenting talks at user groups and conferences. Steve is excited to be a part of the .NET community and founded .NET South East, a .NET Meetup group based in Brighton. He enjoys contributing to and maintaining OSS projects.

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