manipulating a string

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Hi I was wondering if anyone knows how I could change a few things in a string. Say something returns a string like a table or a chair. How can I remove the a and capatalize the t or c so it comes out like this: Table or Chair. I've tried to remove the first to bits of the string by doing str.Remove(0 2). After that i've tried using ToCharArray() and doing this: char[] stra = str.ToCharArray(); then stra[0].ToUpper(); Although this doesn't work. After i've made it look like Table or Chair I need to return a string not char[] or char. I'm am very new to C# and this is my first bit of string manipulation sorry if i've gone way off the track here. Thanks for any help. gordy

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nobrainer thankyou very much for your input I got it all working as I want now. Thank you very much to everyone else that helped too.

robin 0 · Answer

One more way to do it: string tmp = test; tmp = tmp.Substring(01).ToUpper() + tmp.Remove(01);

bilnaad · Answer

Try this: using System; namespace ConsoleTesting { class UpperCase { static void Main(string[] args) { string test = testing...; char[] chars = test.ToCharArray(); string Upper = chars[0].ToString().ToUpper(); chars[0] = Upper[0]; string result = string.Empty; for(int i = 0; i < chars.Length; i++) { result += chars[i]; } Console.WriteLine(result); Console.Read(); } } }

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Thats what I have tried in my first post. Although i'm not to sure how to convert the whole thing back to a new string. If anyone could help me that would be great. Thanks

Mykonine · Answer

Strings are immutable classes so you can't change a character in them. If you need to perform manipulations at that level it will be more efficient to convert the string to a char array capitalize the first t in test then convert back to a string.

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Thanks for the reply although I want to only capatalize one letter within the string. This is where my problem is I think. So capatalize the first t in test.

shimtanny · Answer

Hi The modified string will be returned. This is a copy of the original string but modified. string str1 = Test; string str2 = str1.ToUpper(); // str2 == TEST ... or string str1 = Test; string str2 = str1.Remove(01); // str2 == est If you wannt you can use the same string: string str1 = Test; str1 = str1.ToUpper(); // str1 == TEST Cheers Simon