C# Text Processing Function Library

String Functions in C#.NET

C#.NET comes with a lot of great string processing functions like Substring, Compare, IndexOf. But the truth is the built-in .NET string functions are very limited. Programmers constantly have to rewrite similar text processing functions over and over.

Luckily we can expand on them and create all kinds of C# advanced string functions. As for a matter of speed, there are is one thing to consider: String vs StringBuilder

.NET – String vs StringBuilder

Appending text to a string object is done in this fashion:

stringObject += “more text”;

Concating strings like that is very fast and reliable when it is done for a small amount of C# strings. In fact it can be significantly simpler and faster than using the StringBuilder class.

The StringBuilder class on the other hand is excellent for processing text for a lot of iterations since it avoids creating new instances of a string each time the output string is modified. To add a string to a StringBuilder goes like this:

stringBuilderObject.Append(“more text”);

The downside to the StringBuilder is the overhead of initializing a class. However if we are going to need to create some C# functions that will processes large amounts of text, then StringBuilder saves processing time in the long run.

In the C# String Processing Library functions are divided into two sections, the StringProcessing and the StringBuilderProcess classes, so you can run whichever one is more fitting.

Advanced Csharp String Functions

Capitalize This C# function takes the first letter of a string an capitalizes it: word -> Word this is a sentence -> This is a sentence IsCapitalized This C# function checks to see if the first letter of a string is capitalized: Word -> True word -> False IsLowerCase Checks to see that an entire string is in lower cases word -> True Word -> False IsUpperCase Checks to see that an entire string is in upper cases Word -> False WORD -> True SwapCases This C# function swaps the cases of a string word -> WORD Word -> wORD AlternateCases Takes the first character’s casing an alternates the casing of the rest of the string Hi -> Hi helloworld -> hElLoWoRlD AlternateCases      This C# string function works exactly the same except the user specifies on which case the string will start (Upper case or Lower case) IsAlternateCases Checks to see whether a string has alternating cases CountTotal Counts the total number of occurances of a string within another string hello, l -> 2 hello, el -> 1 RemoveVowels This C# string function removes the vowels in a string hello -> hll KeepVowels This C# string function removes everything but the vowels in a string hello -> eo HasVowels Checks to see if there is any vowel psent in a string IsSpaces Quickly and effortlessly checks to see if a string is nothing but spaces IsRepeatedChar Quickly and effortlessly checks to see if a string is nothing but the same letter repeated aaaaaaaaaa -> True aaaaaaaaad -> False IsNumeric Processes a string to see if it contains only numbers HasNumbers Checks a string to see if it contains any numbers. IsAlphaNumberic This C# function evaluates whether a string contains only numbers and letters (no symbols). isLetters Checks for a string to contain nothing but letters, no numbers or symbols. GetInitials Converts a string, like a name, into its initials Bob Landon -> B.L. GetTitle Capitalizes the first letter of every word in a string the good story -> The Good Story GetNameCasing Similar to the GetTitle function, capitalizes the first letter of every word, but has some additional rules for names mcdonald -> McDonald macdonald -> MacDonald Credits to ShutlOrbit  (http://www.thirdstagesoftware.com) from CodeProject IsTitle This C# string function checks if the first letter of every word is capitalized The Big Story -> True The big story -> False IsEmailAddress Verifies that an email address is written in the correct format. Useful for checking email addressed entered in a web application. IndexOfAll This very useful C# function returns all the indicies of a string in another string. As opposed to IndexOf which only returns the first index. ArrayToString This C# string function is a must for all developers. Quickly turns any array into a single string that can be displayed to survey an array’s data. Check out a more complete array to string function right here on Visual C# Kicks. PasswordStrength Evaluate the effectiveness of a string as a password. Original idea credits go to D. Rijmenants. (If there are any copyright issues please contact us). CharRight Basically a Substring function that works backwards. Programmers from older languages will appciate this missing C# function. CharMid Another function that is missing from the original C# Net string processing list. Works like Substring but starts from a specified position. InsertSeparator Inserts a separator after each letter in a string, excluding the last letter hello, – -> h-e-l-l-o InsertSeparatorEvery Inserts a separator after a specified number of letters, excluding the last letter SubstringEnd This C# function works exactly like the built-in Substring. The only difference is it takes in a Start and End parameter instead of the default Start and Length. (Basically the Java version of Substring) Reverse Reverses a string without the need for a recursive function. SplitQuotes This C# function works like the built-in Split function. The only difference is it will respect parts of a string surrounded by quotes. For example the string This is a “very long” string would get split into: This is a very long string Careful however, the function does not work with nested quotes.