7. Types Part II: Operators, Enumerators, and Strings

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Chapter 7. TYPES PART II: OPERATORS, ENUMERATORS, AND STRINGS

You will learn about the following in the chapter:

• C#'s arithmetic operators.

• How an arithmetic expression is evaluated in terms of finding its value and associated type. In particular, how the precedence and associativity rules are applied.

• The flowchart as a means to describe an algorithm.

• How the C# compiler determines the type of a numerical expression.

• A method to access the metadata of a C# program and determine the type of any expression.

• How to work with enumerated constants and provide an understanding for their advantages.

• The simple type char.

• The string type and its underlying characteristics.

• How to use the most important string methods.

• How the built-in methods of the string type can be utilized to create powerful text processing components.

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