I have a string I need to use, a variant of, in many places throughout my application. For example:
<code>String myString = "The Quick Brown Fox";
string someLowerCaseString = myString.ToLower();
string someUpperCaseString = myString.ToUpper();
string someOtherNewString = myString.Replace(' ','+');
<code>String myString = "The Quick Brown Fox";
string someLowerCaseString = myString.ToLower();
string someUpperCaseString = myString.ToUpper();
string someOtherNewString = myString.Replace(' ','+');
</code>
String myString = "The Quick Brown Fox";
string someLowerCaseString = myString.ToLower();
string someUpperCaseString = myString.ToUpper();
string someOtherNewString = myString.Replace(' ','+');
I have this String in a Constants.cs
file that I reference throughout the application. I have tried two different approaches:
<code>public const String myString = "The Quick Brown Fox";
public static readonly String myString = "The Quick Brown Fox";
<code>public const String myString = "The Quick Brown Fox";
public static readonly String myString = "The Quick Brown Fox";
</code>
public const String myString = "The Quick Brown Fox";
public static readonly String myString = "The Quick Brown Fox";
However, when I try to “manipulate” the string for use in a switch
→ case
statement, I cannot get it to work:
<code>switch(some_value){
case Constants.myString.ToLower():
case Constants.myString.ToUpper():
case Constants.myString.Replace(' ','+'):
<code>switch(some_value){
case Constants.myString.ToLower():
case Constants.myString.ToUpper():
case Constants.myString.Replace(' ','+'):
}
</code>
switch(some_value){
case Constants.myString.ToLower():
case Constants.myString.ToUpper():
case Constants.myString.Replace(' ','+'):
}
I get the error:
CS0426: The type name 'myString' does not exist in the type 'Constants'
I have even tried this:
<code>String localString = Constants.myString.ToLower();
String localString = Constants.myString.ToUpper();
String localString = Constants.myString.Replace(' ','+');
const String localString = Constants.myString.ToLower();
const String localString = Constants.myString.ToUpper();
const String localString = Constants.myString.Replace(' ','+');
<code>String localString = Constants.myString.ToLower();
String localString = Constants.myString.ToUpper();
String localString = Constants.myString.Replace(' ','+');
const String localString = Constants.myString.ToLower();
const String localString = Constants.myString.ToUpper();
const String localString = Constants.myString.Replace(' ','+');
switch(some_value){
case localString:
}
</code>
String localString = Constants.myString.ToLower();
String localString = Constants.myString.ToUpper();
String localString = Constants.myString.Replace(' ','+');
const String localString = Constants.myString.ToLower();
const String localString = Constants.myString.ToUpper();
const String localString = Constants.myString.Replace(' ','+');
switch(some_value){
case localString:
}
And that does not work either. I get the error:
CS9135: A constant value of type 'string' is expected
I cannot use this:
<code>switch(value.ToLower()){
<code>switch(value.ToLower()){
// ...
}
</code>
switch(value.ToLower()){
// ...
}
As sometimes I need the first letter capitalized and sometimes I need all letters upper/lowercase.