max characters of the type String

[toxcct]

Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

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:laugh: you couldn't answer more precisely on what the guy asked

[George L Jackson]

Since the String.Length property's type is Int32, it might be 2,147,483,647. Using large strings, can lead to a HEAP of trouble! -- modified at 17:58 Wednesday 15th March, 2006

[prrusa]

as opposed to "your in the wrong group, your in the wrong group"

[George L Jackson]

I am feeling a little hate here! Nevertheless, the "prime directive" is to post your questions in the correct forum. However, we do need to use a little tact in informing someone of the "prime directive".

[prrusa]

No hate... And it wasn't directed at you, as your help is invaluable to me and to others I'm sure. Seems some just live to tell others they've posted in the wrong group. Group is quite, maybe we could just start posting the managed answer to whatever question was asked in addition to telling the OP the error of their ways. Cheers, Paul

[George L Jackson]

I understand! I guess doing that is an easy way to increase your number of posts!

[Trankil]

I sorry to post my messsage in a wrong group . But I don't know where is the accurate group for my message ? -- modified at 2:13 Thursday 16th March, 2006

[Trankil]

Ok . It's more . But how much exactly ? can I set 4096 characters to a String ?

[toxcct]

pardon ? what the problem ? i sincerely don't understand your intervention... what does that mean ? and how does it relates to me ?

[prrusa]

HEAP of trouble...;-)

[George L Jackson]

A 4096-character string wouldn't be a problem. You have a lot of room to work with? Just remember that the string-type does not mutate. Everytime you make a change, .NET creates a new instance with the change. There may be exceptions to this but a string is pretty much immutable. Of course, StringBuilder is mutable but it has its own overhead.