String v. string

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Mark

Could someone explain why there is a Datatype (Class) called String, and a
static class string that has methods of it's own? Is String the instance
class and string is the static class??

Thanks in advance.

Mark
 
Mark said:
Could someone explain why there is a Datatype (Class) called String,
and a static class string that has methods of it's own? Is String
the instance class and string is the static class??
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string is a C# wrapper for the CLR's System.String class. As for
instance vs. static, a class is neither. string can be instantiated
*and* it has static methods.

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Mark,
"String" is the name of the System.String class.

While "string" is C#'s alias for the System.String class. Which means they
are both refer to exactly the same class.

In other words:

Debug.Assert(typeof(string) == typeof(System.String), "must be true!");

Hope this helps
Jay
 
Avlin,

You are correct, "string" in C# is just an alias for System.String.
What one sees as static on "string" can also be accessed through
"System.String" in the same manner (same methods, etc, etc).

Hope this helps.
 
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