Working with text

One of the other most common types of data for variables is text. The most common types in .NET for working with text are shown in Table 8.2:

Namespace	Type	Description
System	Char	Storage for a single text character
System	String	Storage for multiple text characters
System.Text	StringBuilder	Efficiently manipulates strings
System.Text.RegularExpressions	Regex	Efficiently pattern-matches strings

Table 8.2: Common .NET types for working with text

Getting the length of a string

Let's explore some common tasks when working with text; for example, sometimes you need to find out the length of a piece of text stored in a string variable:

1. Use your preferred code editor to add a new Console App / console project named WorkingWithText to the Chapter08 solution.
2. In the WorkingWithText project, in Program.cs, delete the existing statements and then add statements to define a variable to store the name of the city, London, and then write its name and length...