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[Snippet] How to Encrypt and Decrypt a string in C#

Here is a code snippet to help you encrypt and decrypt a string in C#. The key is hardcoded, but in your own project you may want to read it from a secure store, or perhaps a config file or environmen ...

Apr 03, 2016

Sacchidananda Murthy
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[Question] Reading appsettings.json in a .NET Core console application

I am using .NET Core to build a simple console application. However, I am stuck by not being able to read a few settings from an appsettings.json file. How do I go about doing this? From what I u ...

Apr 08, 2016

Obrad Józef
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[Question] ASP.NET Core: setting Viewbag value in the OnActionExecuting method

In ASP.NET Core (RC1) I am setting a ViewBag value in the OnActionExecuting method in a custom ActionFilter. This is the code: public override void OnActionExecuting(ActionExecutingContext filterCon ...

Apr 20, 2016

Jim Slater
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[Question] C#: best practice of when to use a var vs the actual type?

Are there any best practices when declaring variable with respect to the use of var versus the actual type? What I have seen so far is that complex types and reference types are usually declared with ...

Apr 04, 2016

c#
variables

Lylou Josephs
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[Article] Overriding the Equals() and GetHashCode() methods in C# - Part 1

System.Object.Equals() virtual method The Equals() is a virtual method defined in the System.Object class. Since every class is implicitly derived from Object, it provides the Equals() method. publi ...

Apr 21, 2016

.net
c#

Gaime Sullivan
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[Question] How do I escape a double quote in a verbatim string literal?

Is there is a way to escape embedded double quotes in a verbatim string in C#? I have a lengthy string literal that wraps several lines. Escaping the quotes with a back-slash \ (at the bottom) does no ...

Apr 08, 2016

c#
string

Amita Mhari
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[Article] Overriding the Equals() and GetHashCode() methods in C# - Part 2

This is in continuation to Overriding the Equals() and GetHashCode() methods in C# - Part 1 System.Object.GetHashCode() virtual method This method returns a number for an object that assigned by the . ...

Apr 21, 2016

.net
c#

Gaime Sullivan
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[Snippet] C# Singleton design pattern example

The Singleton design pattern is one of the original Gang of Four design patterns. It is designed to limit the number of instances of a class to just one. When would you want to use this? In fact, t ...

Apr 01, 2016

Luka König
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[Question] How to pass a parameter to a SQL IN clause with C#, SQL Server

My database has two tables that have master-child relationship. They are School and Student. Each school can have any number of students. A user has selected a number of schools. Next, they want to ...

Apr 07, 2016

Cheng Cao
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[Question] Best Regular Expression to Validate Modern Emails in C#

I need the best regular expression for validating emails. They must support country extensions, like .ca, co.uk, tw, etc. And they must allow for new extensions, like .club, .online, .social, etc. ...

Apr 17, 2016

Hans Otto
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[Question] How do I get the directory of the executing console application?

I need to process a bunch of files from a console application. How how do I get the folder of the executing console application so as to locate the files? Tried the following code but to no avail: Ass ...

Apr 08, 2016

c#
console

Sudarshan Singh
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[Question] Fastest way to serialize a POCO to JSON and deserialize JSON to a POCO

What is the fastest way to serialized a POCO object to a JSON string and deserialize a JSON string back to a POCO object? I have seen several libraries and implementations, but what counts for us is s ...

Apr 13, 2016

Klaus Wörner
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[Question] When to use an interface versus an abstract class

At a recent interview I was asked about the difference between an interface vs and an abstract class and when to use which one. I answered that that interfaces do not have any implementation whereas a ...

May 09, 2016

Elishama Holstein
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[Question] When to use 'ref' and 'out' keywords - specifically with strings?

Generally, I understand the difference between passing parameters by value and by reference. I also somewhat understand the difference between ref and out keywords. A ref variable is passed by refere ...

Apr 02, 2016

Sabri 'Afif Safar
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[Question] Is there a difference between String and string in C#?

Is there any difference whether I use string or String in my C# code? Or does the compiler map one to another?

Apr 04, 2016

c#
string

Vivek Sandipa
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