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What is the difference between string and stringbuilder c#?
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Tarun.K.S 17-Aug-11 15:14pm    
Just one "?" is enough. Stop putting multiple ????.

 
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[no name] 26-Mar-14 16:28pm    
There is really no need to answer questions that are years and years old and already have plenty of answers.
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String:
Its a class used to handle strings. String object is used to concatenate two strings. Strings are immutable.Slower

String Builder:

This is also the class used to handle strings.Here Append method is used. String Builder is mutable.Faster [spam link removed]
 
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Espen Harlinn 17-Aug-11 18:50pm    
Nice article, my 5
Mohammad A Rahman 17-Aug-11 19:34pm    
Thanks Espen :)
StringBuilder is a mutable class, meaning you can insert/append/replace/etc. without creating a new StringBuilder each time.
String is immutable, each time you perform an operation that "changes" it you are creating a new string to replace the old one.
As mentioned above multiple times, that makes the StringBuilder more efficient for operations that manipulate strings.
 
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Espen Harlinn 17-Aug-11 18:47pm    
Right, my 5
This article goes a bit more into the details than the note posted at dotnetuncle
String Vs StringBuilder (C#)[^]
 
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Abhinav1986 29-Oct-13 6:17am    
sss
A StringBuilder wears a hardhat, a string doesn't. Seriously though...

A string is deleted and reallocated when you concatenate it, where a StringBuilder isn't. StringBuilders are much more efficient.

BTW, google is free, and this is an easily found answer there.
 
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Espen Harlinn 17-Aug-11 18:47pm    
Right, my 5 :)
There is an answer to the question here; http://www.dotnetuncle.com/difference/41_string_stringbuilder.aspx[^]

In its simplest form, basically stringbuilder is more efficient at handling string concatenation operations.
 
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Espen Harlinn 17-Aug-11 18:48pm    
Right, my 5

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