using System;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        // create a string and extract a character using Array notation

        string myString = "A string"; 

        char myChar = myString[2];

        Console.WriteLine("the 3rd character in the string is: " + myChar);

        // let's convert a string into a character array

        myString = "A string"; 

        char[] myChars = myString.ToCharArray();

        Console.WriteLine("myChars is " + myChars);

​

        // how long is my string?

        int myStringLength = myString.Length;

        Console.WriteLine("length is " + myStringLength);

        // transformations

        string UC = "HELLO WORLD";

        string LC = "bye world";

        Console.WriteLine("transforming UC to lower case: " + UC.ToLower());

        Console.WriteLine("transforming LC to upper case: " + LC.ToUpper());

        // trimming

        string withWhite = "    hello    kitty";

        Console.WriteLine("removing the white space: " + withWhite.Trim());  //notice it doesn't remove the in between spaces!

        // You can also use the <string>.TrimStart() and <string>.TrimEnd()

        // padding

        string noPad = "hello world";

        Console.WriteLine("changing no pad to some left pad: "+ noPad.PadLeft(20, '-'));

        Console.WriteLine("changing no pad to some right pad: "+ noPad.PadRight(20, '-'));

​

​

    }

}