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Convert String to Int in C#

By steve on November 05, 2011. | Updated on January 22, 2012. | 418 views, 1 today. | 1 page.

■ .NET ■ C# ■ Conversions ■ Data Types ■ Snippet ■ Text and Strings

Three different ways to convert a string to an integer in C# and the pros and cons of each.

How Do I Read a File As an Array of Bytes in C#

By steve on February 16, 2007. | Updated on January 22, 2012. | 24,850 views, 83 today. | 1 page.

■ .NET ■ C# ■ IO ■ Snippet

Learn how to use a stream to read the byte content of a file. You can also use the new ReadAllBytes method on the File class.

Visual Studio 2007 Preview!

By steve on February 13, 2007. | Updated on January 22, 2012. | 18,476 views, 7 today. | 1 page.

■ .NET ■ Blog ■ News ■ Visual Studio

Visual Studio 2007 Preview

Extract Keywords from a Search String in C#

By steve on January 27, 2007. | Updated on January 22, 2012. | 28,547 views, 12 today. | 1 page.

■ .NET ■ C# ■ Has Downloads ■ Has Images ■ Regular Expressions ■ Snippet ■ Text and Strings

A better way than String.Split to extract words from a string.

How Can I Easily Manage an XML Configuration File in .NET?

By steve on January 10, 2007. | Updated on January 22, 2012. | 40,061 views, 50 today. | 1 page.

■ .NET ■ C# ■ Data ■ IO ■ Snippet ■ XML

.NET makes reading and writing XML as easy as pie. Use a class template and you never have to deal with XML at all.

Using the HttpContext object

By steve on January 09, 2007. | Updated on January 22, 2012. | 50,022 views, 22 today. | 1 page.

■ .NET ■ ASP.NET ■ C# ■ Server side ■ Snippet ■ Web

Learn how you can get access to the HttpContext object when you're not in the code-behind of an ASPX page?

Extract Hex Digits From a String

By steve on January 09, 2007. | Updated on January 22, 2012. | 10,021 views, 5 today. | 1 page.

■ .NET ■ C# ■ Conversions ■ Regular Expressions ■ Snippet ■ Text and Strings

Learn how to extract hex digits from a string using C#. Useful for cases where you have dirty hex information or extra characters.

Parsing Email Addresses with Regular Expressions

By steve on January 09, 2007. | Updated on January 22, 2012. | 82,470 views, 70 today. | 1 page.

■ .NET ■ C# ■ Email ■ Policy and Standards ■ Regular Expressions ■ Snippet

Use C# to parse and validation email address. I present both a strict and lenient regular expression and discuss what constitutes a valid email address.

Parsing URLs with Regular Expressions and the Regex Object

By steve on January 09, 2007. | Updated on January 22, 2012. | 47,605 views, 28 today. | 2 pages.

■ .NET ■ C# ■ Overview ■ Policy and Standards ■ Regular Expressions ■ Snippet ■ Text and Strings ■ Web

Go in depth in understanding the structure of a URL or URI and see a single regular expression that can be used to extract the various pieces in one fell swoop.

Convert Integer To Enum Instance in C#

By steve on January 09, 2007. | Updated on January 01, 2012. | 223,944 views, 103 today. | 1 page.

■ .NET ■ C# ■ Conversions ■ Enums ■ Snippet

Sample C# code showing how to convert an integer to an instance of an enumeration.

Convert String to Enum Instance

By steve on January 09, 2007. | Updated on January 15, 2012. | 186,699 views, 236 today. | 1 page.

■ .NET ■ C# ■ Conversions ■ Enums ■ Snippet ■ Text and Strings

C# code sample showing how to convert a string to an instance of an enumeration.

Convert Hex String to .NET Color

By steve on January 09, 2007. | Updated on January 22, 2012. | 95,701 views, 110 today. | 1 page.

■ .NET ■ C# ■ Conversions ■ CSS ■ HTML ■ Snippet

Learn an easy way and a hard way to convert a hex string to a .NET color using C#.

Convert .NET Color to Hex String

By steve on January 09, 2007. | Updated on January 22, 2012. | 41,616 views, 50 today. | 1 page.

■ .NET ■ C# ■ Conversions ■ CSS ■ HTML ■ Snippet

Learn how to convert a hex string to a .NET color using C#.

C# RandomProvider Class

By steve on January 09, 2007. | Updated on January 22, 2012. | 18,097 views, 13 today. | 1 page.

■ .NET ■ C# ■ Math and Statistics ■ Snippet

I provide a class, RandomProvider, which provides random numbers for several of the .NET data types and based on statistical distributions.

C# StopWatch Class

By steve on January 07, 2007. | Updated on January 22, 2012. | 45,530 views, 18 today. | 1 page.

■ .NET ■ C# ■ Performance ■ Snippet

A high precision stop watch class for timing in your C# or .NET programs

Hexadecimal (Hex) to Decimal Lookup Table

By steve on January 07, 2007. | Updated on January 22, 2012. | 130,622 views, 230 today. | 2 pages.

■ .NET ■ C# ■ Reference ■ Snippet ■ Web Design

Convert hex to decimal. Convert dec to hexadecimal. This handy lookup table is a lot easier than punching it into your calculator.