//---------------------------------------------------------------------
//  This file is part of the Background Motion solution.
// 
//  Copyright (C) Mindscape (TM).  All rights reserved.
//  http://www.mindscape.co.nz
// 
//  THIS CODE AND INFORMATION ARE PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
//  KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
//  IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A
//  PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
//---------------------------------------------------------------------

using System.Globalization;

namespace Mindscape.BackgroundMotion.Core.Utilities
{
  /// <summary>
  /// A helper class which provides utilities for working with strings
  /// </summary>
  public static class StringUtils
  {
    /// <summary>
    /// Formats a string to an invariant culture
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="formatString">The format string.</param>
    /// <param name="objects">The objects.</param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static string FormatInvariant(string formatString, params object[] objects)
    {
      return string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, formatString, objects);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Formats a string to the current culture.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="formatString">The format string.</param>
    /// <param name="objects">The objects.</param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static string FormatCurrentCulture(string formatString, params object[] objects)
    {
      return string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, formatString, objects);
    }
  }
}

   
     

   
  
using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Text;

public class NumParsingApp {
    public static void Main(string[] args) {

        string u = "AA -1,234,567.890  ";
        NumberFormatInfo ni = new NumberFormatInfo();
        ni.CurrencySymbol = "AA";
        double h = Double.Parse(u, NumberStyles.Any, ni);
        Console.WriteLine("h = {0:F}", h);
    }
}

   
     

using System;

public class MainClass {
public static void Main() {
Random rnd = new Random();
int[,] m = new int[3, 5];
for (int i = 0; i < m.GetLength(0); i++) for (int j = 0; j < m.GetLength(1); j++) m[i, j] = rnd.Next(1000); for (int i = 0; i < m.GetLength(0); i++) Console.WriteLine("{0,4} {1,4} {2,4} {3,4} {4,4}", m[i, 0], m[i, 1], m[i, 2], m[i, 3], m[i, 4]); } } [/csharp]

   
  

public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {
        int i = 250662;
        string s = string.Format("|{0,10:X}|{1,10}|{2:X}|{3}|", i, i, i, i);
    }
}

   
     

using System;

class Class1 {
public static void Main(string[] args) {
string[] names = {“CA “,” SA”,”J A”,”SA”,” SA “};

foreach (string s in names) {
Console.WriteLine(“This is the name '{0}' before”, s);
}
string[] sAlignedNames = TrimAndPad(names);

foreach (string s in sAlignedNames) {
Console.WriteLine(“This is the name '{0}' afterwards”, s);
}
}

public static string[] TrimAndPad(string[] strings) {
string[] stringsToAlign = new String[strings.Length];

for (int i = 0; i < stringsToAlign.Length; i++) { stringsToAlign[i] = strings[i].Trim(); } int nMaxLength = 0; foreach (string s in stringsToAlign) { if (s.Length > nMaxLength) {
nMaxLength = s.Length;
}
}
for (int i = 0; i < stringsToAlign.Length; i++) { stringsToAlign[i] = stringsToAlign[i].PadRight(nMaxLength + 1); } return stringsToAlign; } } [/csharp]

   
  

using System;
public class TestConsoleApp {
    public static void Main(string[] args) {
        Console.WriteLine("
{0,-10}{1,-3}", "Name", "Salary");
        Console.WriteLine("{0,-10}{1,6}", "Bill", 123456);
        Console.WriteLine("{0,-10}{1,6}", "Polly", 7890);
    }
}

   
     

   
  

using System;

public class TestConsoleApp
{
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      Console.WriteLine(
          "{0,5} {1,5}", 123, 456);      // Right-aligned
      Console.WriteLine(
          "{0,-5} {1,-5}", 123, 456);    // Left-aligned
      Console.WriteLine(
          "{0,-10:D6} {1,-10:D6}", 123, 456);

    }
}