Wednesday, March 18, 2009

String Manipuulatiion Review Topics

Trim Methods
Length
Mid statements
Beginning and End
Pad Left and Pad Right
Sum String Method

Checkbox, Boolean Values

Monday, March 16, 2009

Programming: Chapter 6 Vocab

CHAPTER 6 VOCABULARY:
Length Property: Stores an integer that represents the number of characters contained in a string, or the number of elements contained in an array.
TrimStart: Removes one or more characters from the beginning of a string, and then returns a string with the appropriate characters removed.
TrimEnd: Removes one or more characters from the end of a string, and then returns a string with the appropriate characters removed.
Trim: Removes one or more characters from the beginning and end of a string, and then returns a string with the appropriate characters removed.
Remove Method: Removes one or more characters from a string, and then returns a string with the appropriate characters removed.
Index: The unique number assigned to each item in a collection, and to each character in a string.
Replace Method: Returns a string with all occurrences of a sequence of characters replaced with another sequence of characters.
Mid Statement: Replaces a portion of string with another string.
PadLeft method: Returns a string eith the apprpriate characters inserted at the beginning of the string.
PadRight method: Returns a string with the appropriate characters inserted at the end of the string.
Insert method: Returns a string with the appropriate characters inserted.
StartsWith method: Returns the Boolean value True when a specific sequence of character occurs at the beginning of a string; otherwise, it returns the Boolean value False.
EndsWith: Returns the Boolean value True when a specific sequence of characters occurs at the end of a string; otherwise, it returns the Boolean value False.
Contains method: Returns the Boolean value True when a specific sequence of the characters appears in a string; otherwise, it returns the Boolean value False.
IndexOf method: Searches a string for a substring, and returns the number -1 when the subString is not found in the string; otherwise, it returns the index of the starting position of subString within string.
Substring method: Returns characters from a string.
String.Compare method: compares two strings and returns an integer that indicates the result of the comparison.
Like operator: Allows you to use pattern-matching characters to determine whether one string is equal to another string.
Radio Button Tool: Allow you to limit the user to only one choice in a group of two or more related and mutually exclusive choices.
Check Box Tool: Allows the user to select any number of choices from a group of one or more independent and nonexclusive choices.