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  • Thursday, April 09, 2009 7:23 AM
     
     
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    What's the difference between string and System.String?

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    • Thursday, April 09, 2009 7:23 AM
       
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      C# defines a number of aliases for CLR types. They may be used interchangeably, and even mixed together, e.g. string x = new System.String(' ', 5);. These are the aliases defined:

      Alias

      CLR type

      string

      System.String

      sbyte

      System.SByte

      byte

      System.Byte

      short

      System.Int16

      ushort

      System.UInt16

      int

      System.Int32

      uint

      System.UInt32

      long

      System.Int64

      ulong

      System.UInt64

      char

      System.Char

      float

      System.Single

      double

      System.Double

      bool

      System.Boolean

      decimal

      System.Decimal

       

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      • Thursday, April 09, 2009 8:31 AM
         
         
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        Hey,
        How are you? Why you are asking questions to yourself? :D
        I mean mark that as discussion or something ... or you want to make some points ;p
        Adil Mughal - MCP http://adilamughal.blogspot.com
           
        • Thursday, April 09, 2009 8:40 AM
           
           
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          What's the difference between string and System.String?

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          • Friday, April 10, 2009 6:05 AM
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            Hello all,

            Please understand that this thread is one of the C# General FAQs.  

            For more C# General FAQ, please see
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