Difference between String and string?

[M A Burhan]

Hi Groups What is the Difference between String and string? When will we use String? Bye

[Blumen]

"string" is a data type. "String" is a Class in C#

[Arun Immanuel]

"String" is the class and "string" is the alias name of the String class. I think I am right.

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[Vikram A Punathambekar]

They're the same.

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[Blumen]

How can a Class and datatype be the same?

[Elina Blank]

String is class. string is a keyword (which is under the hood is translated to .NET class System.String)

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[Colin Angus Mackay]

All classes are types. string is a synonym for System.String nothing more, nothing less.

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[xibeifeijian]

No difference! string is a keyword,but String not. string just like a shortcut for String.

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[Guffa]

The keyword string is an alias for System.String. I only know of two differences between using an alias keyword and the specific class name: :: You have to have using System; to use String, otherwise you have to specify the full name System.String. :: For some special uses of data types only the keyword works. You can for example specify that an enum should use int as internal storage type, but you can't specify System.Int32 instead.

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[DavidNohejl]

blumenhause wrote:

"String" is a Class in C#

Well, you are right in that System.String is class. But how you say it is... um... System.String is CLI built-in type/class. string is C# specific alias of System.String I didn't vote but someone probably found your answer confusing. :)

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[Blumen]

thanks alot for the clarification.

[Blumen]

sorry if that was confusing.. but i think many of our members opinion clarifies this confusion.

[Leyu]

String is .NET CTS type where as string is built in C# datatype which virtually means String just like Int32 struct and int, Bottom line both are the same