string limit

[cosmoh2o]

Quick question,
Does anyone know the max length of a string in .net with C#?

Thanks

 

[obislavu]

In fact there is no limitation.
Secondly a String is immutable.
If you need string with huge size then use StringBuilder.

-obislavu-

 

[chiph]

obislavu - you're right - I'm so used to 32-bit systems where you'd have a 2gb limit. Since .NET is 64 bit aware, strings can essentially be as large as you have swap space available.

Chip H.


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[snowmaster]

Hi,

Both the posts are right.

However, because the string cannot change size once it is allocated, it is better to use a System.Text.StringBuilder if you want to concatenate or play around with the string. Allocation of a StringBuilder object is dynamic and much more performant.

It has nothing to so with size though.

 

[cosmoh2o]

Thanks to everybody for the quick responses. I am relatively new to .NET and C# but am learning. I will be sure to use StringBuilder if I have to concantenate strings. Thanks again to everybody.