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120 questions linked to/from Hidden Features of C#?
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An Unknown feature in C# Maybe Just For Me [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Hidden Features of C#?
What is it? Is it useful? Where?
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What are your favorite little used C# trick? [duplicate]
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Hidden Features of C#?
Hello Everyone,
I'm just wondering what little C# tricks that programmers use in their day-to-day work.
I have two - One, an overlooked, for me, language ...
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What is the use of "? :" [duplicate]
About Me: I am new to C#.
So i found this code on Microsoft!
int a, b, c;
a = 7;
b = a;
c = b++;
b = a + b * c;
c = a >= 100 ? b : c / 10; //This Line Is Confusing
a = (int)Math.Sqrt(b * b + c * c);...
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What are your favorite extension methods for C#? (codeplex.com/extensionoverflow)
Let's make a list of answers where you post your excellent and favorite extension methods.
The requirement is that the full code must be posted and a example and an explanation on how to use it.
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What do two question marks together mean in C#?
Ran across this line of code:
FormsAuth = formsAuth ?? new FormsAuthenticationWrapper();
What do the two question marks mean, is it some kind of ternary operator?
It's hard to look up in Google.
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Hidden Features of Java
After reading Hidden Features of C# I wondered, What are some of the hidden features of Java?
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Hidden Features of JavaScript? [closed]
What "Hidden Features" of JavaScript do you think every programmer should know?
After having seen the excellent quality of the answers to the following questions I thought it was time to ask it for ...
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In C#, should I use string.Empty or String.Empty or "" to intitialize a string?
In C#, I want to initialize a string value with an empty string.
How should I do this?
What is the right way, and why?
string willi = string.Empty;
or
string willi = String.Empty;
or
string willi ...
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What's the strangest corner case you've seen in C# or .NET? [closed]
I collect a few corner cases and brain teasers and would always like to hear more. The page only really covers C# language bits and bobs, but I also find core .NET things interesting too. For example, ...
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Hidden features of Perl?
What are some really useful but esoteric language features in Perl that you've actually been able to employ to do useful work?
Guidelines:
Try to limit answers to the Perl core and not CPAN
Please ...
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Expression versus Statement
I'm asking with regards to C#, but I assume it's the same in most other languages.
Does anyone have a good definition of expressions and statements and what the differences are?
user1684
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Hidden features of HTML
HTML being the most widely used language (at least as a markup language) has not gotten its due credit.
Considering that it has been around for so many years, things like the FORM / INPUT controls ...
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Hidden Features of VB.NET?
I have learned quite a bit browsing through Hidden Features
of C# and was surprised when I couldn't find something
similar for VB.NET.
So what are some of its hidden or lesser known features?
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Hidden features of Ruby
Continuing the "Hidden features of ..." meme, let's share the lesser-known but useful features of Ruby programming language.
Try to limit this discussion with core Ruby, without any Ruby on Rails ...
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Switch statement fallthrough in C#?
Switch statement fallthrough is one of my personal major reasons for loving switch vs. if/else if constructs. An example is in order here:
static string NumberToWords(int number)
{
string[] ...
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