stringstartend.cs

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// Fig. 15.4: StringStartEnd.cs
// Demonstrating StartsWith and EndsWith methods.

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace StringStartEnd
{
   /// <summary>
   /// testing StartsWith and EndsWith
   /// </summary>
   class StringStartEnd
   {
      /// <summary>
      /// The main entry point for the application.
      /// </summary>
      [STAThread]
      static void Main(string[] args)
      {
         string[] strings = 
            { "started", "starting", "ended", "ending" };
         string output = "";

         //test every string to see if it starts with "st"
         for ( int i = 0; i < strings.Length; i++ )

            if ( strings[ i ].StartsWith( "st" ) )
               output += "\"" + strings[ i ] + "\"" +
                  " starts with \"st\"\n";

         output += "\n";

         // test every string to see if it ends with "ed"
         for ( int i = 0; i < strings.Length; i ++ )

            if ( strings[ i ].EndsWith( "ed" ) )
               output += "\"" + strings[ i ] + "\"" +
                  " ends with \"ed\"\n";

         MessageBox.Show( output, "Demonstrating StartsWtih and " +
            "EndsWith methods", MessageBoxButtons.OK, 
            MessageBoxIcon.Information );

      } // end method Main

   } // end class StringStartEnd
}

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