Class StringExtensions

Defines a collection of extensions for string values.

Inheritance

System.Object

StringExtensions

Namespace: MADE.Data.Validation.Extensions

Assembly: MADE.Data.Validation.dll

Syntax

public static class StringExtensions : object

Methods

Contains(String, String, CompareOptions)

Checks whether a phrase contains a specified value using a comparison option.

Declaration

public static bool Contains(this string phrase, string value, CompareOptions compareOption)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	phrase	The phrase to check.
System.String	value	The value to find.
CompareOptions	compareOption	The compare option.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if the phrase contains the value; otherwise, false.

IsBoolean(String)

Checks whether a string value is a boolean.

Declaration

public static bool IsBoolean(this string value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	value	The value to check.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if safely parses to a boolean; otherwise, false.

IsDouble(String)

Checks whether a string value is a double.

Declaration

public static bool IsDouble(this string value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	value	The value to check.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if safely parses to a double; otherwise, false.

IsFloat(String)

Checks whether a string value is a float.

Declaration

public static bool IsFloat(this string value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	value	The value to check.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if safely parses to a float; otherwise, false.

IsInt(String)

Checks whether a string value is an integer.

Declaration

public static bool IsInt(this string value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	value	The value to check.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if safely parses to an integer; otherwise, false.

IsLike(String, String)

Compares a string value against a wildcard pattern, similar to the Visual Basic like operator.

Declaration

public static bool IsLike(this string value, string likePattern)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	value	The value to compare is like.
System.String	likePattern	The wildcard like pattern to match on.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if the value is like the pattern; otherwise, false.

Remarks

An example of this in use comparing strings with * wildcard pattern.

  // result is true
  bool result = "MyValue".IsLike("My*");
  // result is false
  result = "MyValue".IsLike("Hello");

IsNullOrWhiteSpace(String)

Indicates whether a specified string is null, empty, or consists only of white-space characters.

Declaration

public static bool IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this string value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	value	The string to test.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if the value parameter is null or empty, or if value consists exclusively of white-space characters.