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C#.Net case-insensitive string

Anonymous User297316-Feb-2013

Hi Expert!

A quick and simple question...

Why does C#.Net allow the declaration of the string object to be case-insensitive?

String sHello = "Hello";
string sHello = "Hello";
Both the lower-case and upper-case S of the word String are acceptable and this seems to be the only object that allows this.

Can anyone explain why?

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Updated on 21-Feb-2013
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Shankar M

Shankar M

21-Feb-2013
Hi Chintoo,

string and String are equivalent in C#.

Hope the below link might help you understand

http://en.csharp-online.net/CSharp_String_Theory%E2%80%94string_versus_String

Regards,
Shankar
AVADHESH PATEL

AVADHESH PATEL

18-Feb-2013
Hi Chintoo!

Read below line carefully, that remove your doubt between "string" and "String" 

"string" is a language keyword while "System.String" is the type it aliases.

Both compile to exactly the same thing, similarly:

int is System.Int32
long is System.Int64
float is System.Single
double is System.Double
char is System.Char
byte is System.Byte
short is System.Int16
ushort is System.UInt16
uint is System.UInt32
ulong is System.UInt64

I think in most cases this is about code legibility - all the basic system value types have aliases, I think the lower case string might just be for consistency.

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