Summary
You have quite a number of available data types at
your disposal when working with the .NET Framework. One of the most
used types in your applications (especially apps that focus on the
submission and retrieval of data) is the String data type. The string, being as important as it is, is the reason
that this site has a complete chapter focused on how to use the
string data type and manipulate it in
your applications.
When working with strings in the past, it was quite
common just to slice and dice the strings as needed using
concatenation. With the .NET Framework, you can use the
StringBuilder class to accomplish a lot
of this task with better performance than before.
Last, but hardly least, advanced string
manipulation using regular expressions is an excellent tool to
search through and validate your strings.
