Difference between string and String

Question

In a nutshell what's the difference between string (lower-case 'S') and String (upper-case 'S')? They both seem to work just as well though string is displayed in VS in dark-blue whereas String is displayed in light-blue. Many of the other system types seem to have these variants as well. Thanks Paul

Santhosh N · Answer

Literally there is no difference between two.. The string type represents a string of Unicode characters. string is an alias for String in the .NET Framework string is just an alias of System.String just like int = Int32 char = Char bool = Bool

Kirtan Patel · Answer

Hi  Both are Identical ..you can use Any of them but its String is new name for string it self .. use any of them ....its the same

paul walker · Answer

Cheers all (especially Niki - fab picture). Paul

Vipul Kelkar · Answer

Refer MSDN..this is the ame ques i faced today.. Its just an alias...

Lalit M · Answer

you will get your answer from this link http://www.geekpedia.com/KB31_What-is-the-difference-between-the-int-and-Int32-datatype-or-String-and-string-(lowercase).html

Nilanka Dharmadasa · Answer

Hi Paul 'string' is an alias(a short name) for System.String. So both are same.