string startswith or endswith a double quote?

[zacks@construction-imaging.com]

I need to check the current value of a string value to see if it
either starts with or ends with a double quote character, as in
"123" (where the quotes are actual contens of the string). I thought a
quotation character inside of a string is specified with two double
quote characters. But when I code something like:

string myString;

if (myString.Start sWith(""""))
{
}

A syntax error of "Expecting )" is given.

How can I do this in C#.NET?

[zacks@construction-imaging.com]

Re: string startswith or endswith a double quote?

On Sep 15, 2:51 pm, za...@construct ion-imaging.com wrote:

I need to check the current value of a string value to see if it
either starts with or ends with a double quote character, as in
"123" (where the quotes are actual contens of the string). I thought a
quotation character inside of a string is specified with two double
quote characters. But when I code something like:
>
string myString;
>
if (myString.Start sWith(""""))
{
>
}
>
A syntax error of "Expecting )" is given.
>
How can I do this in C#.NET?

Sorry for the wasted bandwidth, I figured this out minutes after
posting this. I had forgotten how C# likes to escape special
characters. It is done with:

string myString;

myString = "\"123\"";
if (myString.Start sWith("\""))
MessageBox.Show ("YES");

[Dave Anson]

Re: string startswith or endswith a double quote?

zacks@construct ion-imaging.com wrote in news:1189882300 .460415.152380
@n39g2000hsh.go oglegroups.com:

I need to check the current value of a string value to see if it
either starts with or ends with a double quote character, as in
"123" (where the quotes are actual contens of the string). I thought a
quotation character inside of a string is specified with two double
quote characters. But when I code something like:
>
string myString;
>
if (myString.Start sWith(""""))
{
}
>
A syntax error of "Expecting )" is given.
>
How can I do this in C#.NET?
>
>

if (myString.Start sWith("\""))
{
}


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[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=F6ran_Andersson?=]

Re: string startswith or endswith a double quote?

zacks@construct ion-imaging.com wrote:

On Sep 15, 2:51 pm, za...@construct ion-imaging.com wrote:

>I need to check the current value of a string value to see if it
>either starts with or ends with a double quote character, as in
>"123" (where the quotes are actual contens of the string). I thought a
>quotation character inside of a string is specified with two double
>quote characters. But when I code something like:
>>
>string myString;
>>
>if (myString.Start sWith(""""))
>{
>>
>}
>>
>A syntax error of "Expecting )" is given.
>>
>How can I do this in C#.NET?

>
Sorry for the wasted bandwidth, I figured this out minutes after
posting this. I had forgotten how C# likes to escape special
characters. It is done with:
>
string myString;
>
myString = "\"123\"";
if (myString.Start sWith("\""))
MessageBox.Show ("YES");
>

Tip: If you know for certain that the length of the string is always at
least one, you can just check the first character:

if (myString[0] == '"')

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Göran Andersson
_____

http://www.guffa.com

[Peter Duniho]

Re: string startswith or endswith a double quote?

Göran Andersson wrote:

Tip: If you know for certain that the length of the string is always at
least one, you can just check the first character:
>
if (myString[0] == '"')

For that matter, if the length is also always at least one:

if (myString[myString.Length - 1] == '"')

That said, since you could also do the equivalent using the Substring()
method, even for search strings larger than a single character, it seems
obvious to me that the main reason StartsWith() and EndsWidth() even
exist is more for convenience and readability than anything else.

And IMHO, that motivation for using those methods doesn't go away for
strings that are always at least one character long. :)

Pete