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String - General 

Non-MFC String Class for ATL
11 Aug 2000
Paul E. Bible
A Non-MFC String Class for use in ATL components
VC6ATLDevIntermediate
Implement Phonetic ("Sounds-like") Name Searches with Double Metaphone Part VI: Other Methods & Additional Resources
19 Mar 2007
Adam Nelson
Surveys other phonetic matching techniques, and presents additional resources on the subject.
VC7Win2KWinXPWin2003Visual-StudioDevAdvanced
Word wrap without cutting words
7 Jun 2012
Matt T Heffron
This is an alternative for "Word wrap without cutting words"
C#.NETDevLINQBeginnerIntermediateC#3.5
MatchKit Library
21 Apr 2014
fabio bussu
MatchKit is a .NET Library that provides a set of classes to build patterns to match simple and complex strings
C#Windows.NETDevstringPatternsCapture
RTF Document Constructor Library
16 Aug 2010
Dima Popov
Create Rich Text Format documents programatically.
C#.NETDevIntermediate
How to parse chunk by chunk a large CSV file and bulk insert to a database
25 Nov 2013
S. M. Ahasan Habib
In this article I will demonstrate how to read a large CSV file chunk by chunk (line basis) and populate DataTable object and bulk insert to database.
C#ASP.NETSQL.NETArchitectDevADO.NETBeginner
Enhanced String Handling III
4 Jun 2013
Avi Farah
Text document files can be enhanced by using construct and equivalent classes that "know" how to evaluate the constructs.
.NET2.0.NET3.5C#XMLDevIntermediateAdvanced.NET4.NET4.5
UniqueStringList Revisited
11 May 2011
SimmoTech
A useful class now twice as fast.
C#.NETDevIntermediatestring
CString Management
17 May 2000
Joseph M. Newcomer
Learn how to effectively use CStrings.
VC6Visual-StudioMFCDevBeginner
The ReplaceMany Method
16 Jan 2012
Jacek Gajek
Performing many replacements in a string at one time.
.NETDevIntermediateC#4.0
CString-clone Using Standard C++
7 Dec 2011
Joe O'Leary
A Drop-In replacement for CString that builds on the Standard C++ Library's basic_string template
VC6Win2KDevIntermediate
Tiny Fluent String API simplifies ToString and Console output
3 Jun 2012
Lee Robie
Simple extension methods that greatly simplify ToString, Logging, and Debug output.
C#.NETDevIntermediate
A lightweight recursive text template data formatter
13 Mar 2013
Michael D Bray
Filling in text templates from a data source.
C#.NETDevIntermediateRecursiveregular-expressiontemplate
XString - non-MFC non-STL string functions
7 Aug 2007
Hans Dietrich
XString offers functions for remove, replace, trim, and case-insensitive search that are not included in the CRT.
VC6VC8.0VS2005WindowsDevIntermediate
Single Instance String Store for .NET
16 Jul 2009
Kendall Miller
By implementing a single instance string store, you can significantly reduce the memory footprint of your application.
C#.NETDevBeginnerIntermediate
Implement Phonetic ("Sounds-like") Name Searches with Double Metaphone Part I: Introduction & C++ Implementation
19 Mar 2007
Adam Nelson
Introduces the Double Metaphone algorithm for phonetic comparison of proper names, and provides a practical C++ implementation for use in the reader's projects.
VC6VC7VC7.1WindowsVisual-StudioDevAdvanced
Word Cloud (Tag Cloud) Generator Control for .NET Windows.Forms in C#
30 Jul 2011
George Mamaladze
Generate a word cloud form some input text. A word cloud is a randomly arranged set of words used in your text. The size and the color of each word expresses its usage frequency. Rarely used words are small and pale. The control is clickable and allows to identify a word under mouse.
C#.NETGDI+DevLINQIntermediateAdvancedWinForm
Case-Insensitive String Search
1 Dec 1999
Ralph Walden
A function which doesn't require changing the case of the strings, and was also DBCS (double-byte character set) friendly.
VC6WinXPDevIntermediate
C# Random String Generator
18 Apr 2013
brol.sergii
A C# class that can generate random strings and supports customisation.
C#.NETtools
A TCHAR style header file for STL strings and streams
11 Feb 2006
PJ Arends
Presents a header file that allows a single source file that uses STL to be built in either ANSI or Unicode, without any changes or lots of #ifdefs.
VC6VC7VC7.1Win2KWinXPVS.NET2003STLDevIntermediate
Sending and posting CString to windows via PostMessage, SendMessage
1 Sep 2001
Matt Gullett
A robust mechanism for sending CString objects to windows within the current process.
VC6Win2KMFCDevIntermediate
More than strcmp(): similarity in strings
12 Sep 2004
Rui A. Rebelo
A function which returns the similarity between two strings (how much they're equal).
VC7VC7.1VS.NET2003WindowsWinMobileMobileDeveVCIntermediate
String Manipulation in the .NET Micro Framework
18 May 2012
jfriedman
An article on string manipulation in the .NET Micro Framework.
C#.NETDevIntermediate
RichText Builder (StringBuilder for RTF)
12 Nov 2008
seeblunt
RichText Builder - use in place of StringBuilder to output RTF.
.NET2.0VS2008C#.NETVisual-StudioDevIntermediateAdvancedWinForm
SSE accelerated case-insensitive substring search
14 May 2012
anlarke
Another take on the classic, now using SSE instructions
C++CWindows
.NET String Resources
19 Apr 2012
Jani Giannoudis
Concepts and patterns for the handling of strings in multilingual applications.
C#ASP.NETWindowsWinMobile.NETArchitectDevXAMLWPFBeginner
Efficient string concatenation algorithm implements String.Join() method
23 Sep 2012
DrABELL
Alternative solution that demonstrates performance improvement using String.Join() (extends original one:"StringBuilderPlus Improves Upon StringBuilder").
C#.NETDevIntermediateAdvancedC#4.0
Literal string encryption as part of the build process
17 Mar 2005
Chris Losinger
CXR allows you to create encrypted strings at compile time.
VC6VC7Win2KWinXPMFCDevAdvanced
C# String Extensions
5 Dec 2013
Prabu ram
Some commonly used operations with string in c# as extension methods
C#.NETDevIntermediate
StringBuilderPlus Improves Upon StringBuilder
1 Jun 2011
AspDotNetDev
1 alternative  
StringBuilderPlus facilitates prefixing and suffixing strings and StringBuilderPluses in an efficient manner.
C#2.0C#3.0C#Windows.NETArchitectDevIntermediateAdvanced
XSearch - a class that implements a search engine-style advanced search
16 May 2007
Hans Dietrich
XSearch implements a search engine-style advanced search, including ALL, EXACT PHRASE, AT LEAST ONE, and WITHOUT words. XSearch is based on a multiple-substring search algorithm.
VC6Win2KWinXPMFCDevIntermediate
MakeMessage - An STL 'replacement' for the FormatMessage API
4 Mar 2006
PJ Arends
1 alternative  
A function that uses STL strings and streams in an effort to mimic and improve on the FormatMessage API.
VC6Win2KWinXPDevIntermediate
Extended string.Format()
19 Jul 2013
Ivan Yakimov
Here I describe how you can write your own implementation of string.Format method using slightly more readable syntax of format string.
C#.NETDevBeginner
Simple string parsing in nested loops
14 Dec 2004
Hatem Mostafa
Fast string parsing in nested loops.
C++WindowsVisual-StudioDevIntermediate
String Conversions
22 May 2000
Zoran M. Todorovic
Set of classes enabling UNICODE and ANSI string conversion.
VC6Visual-StudioDevIntermediate
Yet Another Custom Formatter
20 Jul 2011
SimmoTech
Helper class to build formatted strings and lists. Lots of features and very quick.
C#.NETDevIntermediate
Optimizing string operations in C#
11 Jan 2010
Kubajzz
Should you use Regular Expressions, built-in .NET methods, or your own solution written from scratch?
C#.NETDevIntermediate
Plural Forms
15 Apr 2008
Peter Kankowski
Spelling messages like "5 file(s) found" correctly in any language
C++C
Enhanced String Handling
16 Dec 2010
Avi Farah
Allow for constructs within a string to be programmatically evaluated for a final string value
C#.NETVisual-StudioDevIntermediateVS2010regular-expressionGeneralstringprocessing
FormatString - Smart String Formatting
19 Feb 2007
Ivo Beltchev
Smart string formatting and other string utilities
VC6VC7VC7.1VC8.0VS.NET2003VS2005C++WindowsVisual-StudioMFC
Extending CStringArray
11 Dec 2007
Anders Eriksson
An extended CStringArray class
C++WindowsVisual-StudioMFCDevIntermediate
Easily Load and Format Strings from the String Table
26 Sep 2005
Serge Wautier
Two classes that help you to easily load (and format) messages from the String table.
VC7.1VS.NET2003WindowsMFCATLDevIntermediate
A Variable-based String Parser
27 Feb 2007
Dileepa Jayathilaka
An article on a tool which unifies a string with a template consisting of variables and constants
C++Visual-StudioDevIntermediate
PowerShell Script for Reviewing Text Shown to Users
26 Jun 2014
John D. Cook
A script for extracting string literals from source code for review
ASP.NETWindowsBeginnerWinForm
More implementations of extended string.Format()
6 Sep 2013
Ivan Yakimov
Here I describe several implementations of extended string.Format() methods.
C#.NETDevIntermediate
String Tokenizer Class (CTokenEx)
26 Jan 2000
Dan Madden
A very simple string tokenizer class.
VC6Win2KMFCDevIntermediate
TextFieldWriter
5 Oct 2009
jlabrou
An opposite way to FileIO.TextFieldParser to easily write fixed-length fields into a text file.
VBWindows.NETDevIntermediate
CTextRender class
20 Oct 2005
darkoman
An article on an alternative for TextOut (ExtTextOut) function.
VC6DevIntermediate
fix_str - An (Almost) Immutable String Class in C++
7 Nov 2005
Roland Pibinger
New style string class(es) for ASCII and UNICODE, single- and multi-threaded environments.
VC6WindowsDevIntermediate
Natural Sort Comparer
28 Dec 2007
Justin.Jones
An implementation of a Natural Sort Comparer
C#2.0C#3.0C#
Patricia and Huffman, Sitting in a Trie
27 Dec 2004
Michael Jaworski
Article demonstrates a text-based Patricia trie and adds new text-compression features.
VC6WinXPVisual-StudioDevIntermediate
String and vector manipulation through example: Morse code and more
30 Jul 2009
CrazyJugglerDrummer
Make a program that can perform various manipulations on a string.
C++DevBeginner
Advanced String Processing
27 Jun 2010
Chris Boss
An advanced article about string processing
DevAdvancedAll-Topics
Custom String Formatter
24 Jul 2011
dotted_decimal
Custom formatting of String datatype in .NET based on intuitive formatting pattern
C#3.0C#Windows.NETIntermediate
Using UpdateResource to change a string resource
21 Sep 2004
Sashazur
Code for changing a string resource, that actually works!
VC6VC7VC7.1VC8.0Win2KWinXPWin2003VistaTabletPCVisual-Studio
Yet another CString replacement (only much more practical)
1 Jul 2003
soso_pub
MFC/non-MFC usage, UNICODE support, numerics operations support
VC6Win2KWinXPDevIntermediate
lstring - A lightweight wrapper for std::string
3 Dec 2005
Roland Pibinger
Simplify string handling with a wrapper for std::string.
C++WindowsVisual-StudioDevIntermediate
Non MFC and Non STL string class: EsString
25 Nov 2004
Vsevolod
Standalone refcounted string class.
VC7Windows.NETVisual-StudioDevIntermediate
STL Split String
1 Feb 2006
Paul J. Weiss
A function that will split an input string based on a string delimiter.
VC6Win2KATLSTLDevIntermediate
CPerlString - A Class to Utilise Perl String Functions
31 Aug 2002
Yap Chun Wei
A Class to Utilise Perl String Functions
VC6Win2KMFCDevIntermediate
CTokenizer class
21 Oct 2001
Eddie Velasquez
A simple tokenizer class that can be used on CStrings
VC6Visual-StudioDevIntermediate
PreParse XML using CString
4 Mar 2004
Chau Johnthan
An article on XML parsing using CString.
VC6VC7VC7.1VC8.0WinXPVisual-StudioATLWTLDevIntermediate
XTrim - trim leading and trailing whitespace characters
20 May 2003
Hans Dietrich
XTrim implements _tcsltrim and _tcsrtrim - CRT-like functions to trim whitespace.
VC6Win2KWinXPDevIntermediate
Easy String Compression and Encryption
1 Jul 2008
BTDex
Class module to easily de-/compress and en-/decrypt big strings
.NET2.0VS2005.NET3.0VB8.0VB9.0.NET3.5VBASP.NET.NETVisual-Studio
A C++ StringBuilder Class
14 Sep 2007
Omer Tripp
An atricle introducing a StringBuilder class written in C++
C++WindowsVisual-StudioDevIntermediate
String Tokenizer Iterator Class
26 Jun 2002
Daniel Andersson
A string tokenizer iterator class that works with std::string
VC7.NET1.0Win2KWinXPVisual-StudioSTLDevBeginner
XMemString - Extended memory and string search functions
11 May 2003
Hans Dietrich
Extended string and memory search functions: memmem(), memimem(), memichr(), _tcsistr()
VC6Win2KWinXPDevIntermediate
CStringW and CStringA
29 Jun 2002
Oskar Wieland
CStringW and CStringA for WTL
VC6WindowsVisual-StudioWTLDevIntermediate
CBuilder - An STL 'replacement' for the FormatMessage API
27 Sep 2012
PJ Arends
This is an alternative for "MakeMessage - An STL 'replacement' for the FormatMessage API"
VC6Win2KWinXPDevIntermediate
Fast and Then Even Faster String Concatenation With JScript
25 Mar 2007
alex turner
Concatenating strings is critical in many dynamic content situations. Here is how to make it scale and then be fast and scale.
JavascriptWindowsVisual-StudioDevIntermediate
Case-Insensitive String Replace
25 Jan 2000
Uwe Keim
Function to replace all occurences of a string within another, ignoring the case
VC6Visual-StudioMFCDevBeginner
Use wildcard to compare string and validate input
3 Feb 2005
DarkYoda M
This article describes how to use wildcard to make input validation in CEdit control or to compare string with wildcard.
VC6WinXPMFCDevIntermediate
String Parsing Class (supports quoted strings)
14 Mar 2002
John Simmons / outlaw programmer
Parse strings with specified delimiter and specified quote character
VC6Win2KMFCDevIntermediate
Dynamic String Arrays in 3D
12 Feb 2011
csrss
This article describes creating and managing 1D, 2D and 3D string arrays
C++CWindowsDevIntermediate
A Lite-Memory Dictionary
10 Mar 2007
Dileepa Jayathilaka
An article on the implementation of a dictionary where everything is kept in the disk as a B-Tree.
VC6Visual-StudioDevIntermediate
String Manipulations using TCHAR Library
4 Jul 2014
Md Atiqur Rahman (Atique)
Tips and tricks on String manipulations in Unicode (Windows Programming context)
C++WindowsMFCDevBeginner
Keeping It Clean - String Function Wrappers for VS2005
17 Nov 2006
John Simmons / outlaw programmer
A technique for making stdio functions compile clean regardless of the Microsoft compiler used
VC6VC7VC7.1VC8.0VS.NET2003VS2005WindowsDevIntermediate
Simple CString Extension
12 Jun 2002
Marc Clifton
Simple extension for better substring functionality and numeric formatting
VC6VC7Win2KWinXPVisual-StudioMFCDevIntermediate
Convert Between std::string and std::wstring, UTF-8 and UTF-16
20 May 2007
rh_
How to convert safely STL strings between Unicode formats
C++WindowsVisual-StudioSTLDevBeginner
Fast Textual Data Processing using Hashed Strings
6 Mar 2004
cMoXIV
Managing a textual numbering system for hashing words into numbers
VC6VC7VC7.1Win2KWinXPWin2003DevIntermediate
A Very Simple Parser
12 Apr 2004
Rafid K. Abdullah
An article describing how to parse simple mathematical expressions (containing only +, -, *, /, and numbers) and evaluate their values.
VC6Win2KWinXPDevIntermediate
Optimizing String-Manipulation Functions
26 Dec 2004
Peter Kankowski
Optimizing string-manipulation functions.
VC6WinXPCDevASMIntermediate
Class to check Strings for invalid characters
4 Nov 2000
Thomas Hauth
An MFC Class which offers you the abbility to check Strings for invalid characters
VC6Win2KMFCDevIntermediate
Full Text Search Tool
14 Sep 2006
getmayukh
This is an implementation of a text search tool, which can be used to index and search for texts within a collection of documents. The code is written in C# .NET and requires framework 1.1 to run. No third party search tool has been used, every bit of the algorithm has been implemented from scratch.
C#Windows.NETVisual-StudioDevAdvanced
Untabify and Tabify
16 Jan 2009
PIEBALDconsult
Untabify and Tabify Extension Methods for intending code.
.NET3.5C#.NETDevIntermediate
TRADACOMS Order 9 Reader
24 May 2010
Rui Figueiredo
A simple class to read EDI TRADACOMS Order 9.
C#DevIntermediate.NET4WinForm
Creating a Unique String Using a UUID
12 Dec 2001
John Simmons / outlaw programmer
A small function to either accept or create a UUID* and return a CString
VC6Win2KWinXPVisual-StudioMFCDevBeginner
IBAN Verification in C#, Excel Automation Add-in, Word SmartTag
31 Jan 2010
Serdar Altug
IBAN verification algorithm in C# and used in Excel UDF and Word SmartTag.
C#Windows.NETDevCOMOfficeIntermediate
String Extension Collection for C#
27 Nov 2008
Tomas Kubes
Several useful extensions for System.String.
C#3.0C#.NETDevIntermediate
CPathSplit
20 Aug 2003
Kochise
CString based path splitter.
VC6Win2KWinXPWin2003PocketPC-2002MFCDevIntermediate
Class for quick string lookup
29 Sep 2001
Todd Jeffreys
Class that represents strings in a tier to enable faster lookups.
VC6Win2KVisual-StudioDevIntermediate
How to Format a String
9 Aug 2006
Nitron
This article illustrates how to format a std::string using a variable argument list similar to CString's Format.
C++WindowsVisual-StudioDevBeginner
Yet another string parser
15 Mar 2002
Remon
Another class for extracting fields of string
VC6Win2KDevIntermediate
The XString Class
11 Dec 2003
AnOldGreenHorn
An extended string class for C++ programmers
VC6WindowsVisual-StudioDevIntermediate
Java Generic Code - Convert Array Contents to a String in a Generic Way
7 Apr 2004
Doron Barak
Presenting a generic way to convert Array contents to Strings
JavaJava SEDevIntermediate
C# Universal String Parsing Utility
10 Aug 2012
Sympletech
A simple utility to help convert strings into other types
C#3.0.NETIntermediateC#4.0
Text Formatter
19 Sep 2005
Doga Arinir
A class to block the size of a given text.
VC6Win2KWinXPMFCDevIntermediate
KString class, a non MFC string class
15 Oct 2006
Hadi Dayvary
KString class, a non MFC string class.
VC6VC7VC7.1Win2KWinXPWin2003VS.NET2003DevIntermediate
String Splitter
1 Nov 2001
Koundinya
User defined StringTokenizer
Win2KJavaJava SEDevBeginner
Useful CString Manipulation Functions
31 Jan 2007
Dennis Gourjii
A set of functions to perform the tasks that CString fails to address properly
VC8.0VS2005C++WindowsVisual-StudioMFCDevIntermediate
StringTokenizer Library
23 Apr 2006
QmQ
Yet another C# implementation of Java's StringTokenizer (in a ready to use library).
C#Windows.NETVisual-StudioDevBeginner
FileSystem path string wrapper class
2 May 2005
Parko
A simple class to encapsulate a file system path for easy manipulation.
VC6VC7VC7.1VC8.0WindowsVisual-StudioDevIntermediate
How to reverese a string in C#/.NET with almost one line of code using P/Invoke
4 Jan 2013
Kerem Guemruekcue
How to reverese a string in C#/.NET with almost one line of code using a build in Windows library function which is available on any Windows system.
Win2KWinXPWin2003VistaTabletPCEmbeddedC#.NETWin32Dev
Fast splitting of CString objects
23 Sep 2005
rkaufman
Splitting CString objects is mostly easy, but can be tricky. I developed this function for using it with CSV files.
VC6VC7Win2KWinXPVisual-StudioMFCDevIntermediate
Allocate your dynamic strings on the stack
5 Jun 2005
Olivier Lombart
An article about stack-allocated dynamic strings in C++.
VC6WindowsDevIntermediate
Ultimate String and String-List classes
5 Feb 2005
TomKat
String and String-List classes compatible with both ASCII and UNICODE strings.
VC7.1Win2KWinXPVS.NET2003DevIntermediate
String Wildcard Matching (* and ?)
22 Jul 2007
M Shahid Shafiq
A simple function to perform wildcard ( * ? ) string matching
VC6VC7VC7.1VC8.0Win2KWinXPWin2003VistaVS.NET2003VS2005
Tolerant string matching using the Levenshtein algorithm
29 Apr 2005
Andreas Muegge
A practical example how to use the Levenshtein algorithm for string matching
VC6VC7VC7.1VC8.0Win2KWinXPWin2003VS.NET2003eVC3.0eVC4.0
Template String Tokenizer
5 Jan 2007
Nick Alexeev
A template string tokenizer class that works with both CStringArray and CStringList.
C++WindowsVisual-StudioDevBeginner
String enumerations in C#
26 Jul 2007
Kiran Bheemarti
String enumerations for two way binding.
.NET2.0VS2005C#2.0WindowsDevIntermediate
Parsing CSV embedded in double quotes - RFC 4180
3 May 2007
VaibhavGaikwad
Simple ways to parse CSV documents when values are embedded in double quotes.
.NET2.0VS2005C#2.0WindowsDevIntermediate
String Optimization in VB.NET
24 Dec 2009
Ali Tarhini
String optimization methods and best practices in VB.NET.
VBWindows.NETDevBeginner
RDF to RSS Converter
24 Oct 2007
Govardhana Reddy
This article will help you to find a way to convert RDF to RSS Feed format.
.NET1.0.NET1.1.NET2.0VS.NET2003VS2005C#WindowsDevIntermediate
Revise
9 Jul 2008
Samjiman
Revise is a command line text editing tool
VS2008C++WindowsWin32Visual-StudioDevBeginner
Handling non-English characters UTF8 with MS VC++ 2005
6 Nov 2008
osella.esteban
This article describes how to handle streams of non-English characters.
VC6VC7VC7.1VC8.0VS2005C++/CLIWindowsVisual-StudioDevBeginner
Remove the security credentials from a connection string
25 Jun 2009
Simon Tagg
This might save you 15 minutes and avoid the embarrasment of returning your 'sa' password to your customers along with an error message.
C#WindowsDevBeginnerWin2008
Schemeer, a Semi XML and JSON Handler
22 Jan 2013
lxdfigo
It is a lib that can process XML documents or JSON by changing a config file.
C++WindowsWin32
Expand string CAML queries via lambda expressions with Camlex.Net
4 Dec 2012
sadomovalex
Shows how using reverse engineering feature developers may add new conditions into string CAML queries using lambda expressions.
.NET3.5C#WindowsDevIntermediateSharepointexpressionTreescamlServices
Structuring a Word Search Generator
2 Apr 2013
austinbox
How to structure the logic of a word search engine.
C#3.0.NETDevIntermediateC#4.0
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The Complete Guide to C++ Strings, Part II - String Wrapper Classes
12 Oct 2002
Michael Dunn, Nish Sivakumar
A guide to the string wrapper classes provided by Visual C++ and class libraries
VC6Win2KWinXPVisual-StudioMFCATLWTLSTLDevBeginner
The Complete Guide to C++ Strings, Part I - Win32 Character Encodings
4 Oct 2002
Michael Dunn
A guide to the multitude of string types used in Windows.
VC6Win2KWinXPVisual-StudioDevBeginner
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String - Regular Expressions 

Flexible text format support using Regular Expressions
1 Jul 2009
spotofleopard
Regular Expressions enable your application to parse text files of customized formats.
C#XML.NETDevBeginner
Regex Logviewer
16 Jun 2013
Amit Bezalel
Using the power of regex to parse your logs
C#toolslog4netRegExParsingParserlogginglog
Combined Regular Expression Search
1 Apr 2014
Farhad Alizadeh Noori
This article details the implementation of an efficient grouped regular expression searcher.
C#.NETArchitectDevDesignIntermediatePatterns
Regular Express Yourself using RegExpBuilder
26 Aug 2013
Rion Williams
This post is going to cover a new library called RegExpBuilder which aims to transform very nasty looking regular expressions into easily readable formats that can easily be built and understood.
C#JavascriptJavaPerl.NETBeginnerIntermediateAdvancedDart
RegEx Tester - Regular Expression Tester
22 May 2011
Pablo Osés
It aids you to develop and fully test your regular expression against a target text.
C#DevAll-Topics
Wildcard string compare (globbing)
15 Feb 2005
Jack Handy
Matches a string against a wildcard string such as "*.*" or "bl?h.*" etc. This is good for file globbing or to match hostmasks.
VC6Win2KVisual-StudioDevIntermediate
Henry Spencer's Regexp Engine Revisited
2 Jul 2003
Sunspot
A small, Unicode-aware regular expression engine based on Henry Spencer's early work
VC6VC7VC7.1Win2KWinXPWin2003MFCWTLSTLDev
An Introduction to Regular Expressions
25 Jan 2001
Uwe Keim
Describes the theory behind regular expressions (RE) as well as the practical usage.
Win2KC++Visual-StudioDevBeginner
Using Regular Expressions in MFC
18 Jun 2006
Sam NG
CATLRegExp - A Visual C++ built-in regular expression.
VC7Win2KVisual-StudioMFCATLDevIntermediate
I don't like Regex...
17 Jan 2013
Guirec
This article will introduce you with a set of 3 simple extension methods that can help you getting rid of Regex in many situations
C#.NETArchitectDevBeginnerExtensionpatternRegExsyntaxstrings
Adding Regular Expressions to Your App with Regex++
17 Jun 2002
perlmunger
A tutorial to demonstrate adding regular expressions to your project using Regex++ from boost.org.
VC6VC7Win2KMFCDevIntermediate
Link Scanner
14 Oct 2009
Daniel Killyevo
Gets all links that a page contains.
.NET2.0C#DevBeginner
RegexTester
20 Aug 2009
PIEBALDconsult
Presenting a test bed for .NET Regular Expressions
.NET2.0C#DevBeginner
A Naive String Comparer
6 May 2008
Pete O'Hanlon
A class to perform a "naive" comparison of two chunks of text to see if they look to be the same.
C#2.0C#3.0C#ASP.NETBeginner
Quick Start for C++ TR1 Regular Expressions
26 Jun 2014
John D. Cook
This article answers some of the first questions that come up when using regular expressions in C++ TR1
VS2008C++WindowsDevIntermediate
Regular Expressions Syntax Highlighting
7 Sep 2008
Stanislav Kniazev
Easy to use syntax highlighting class
C#DevIntermediate
Searching, Modifying, and Encoding Text
1 Jul 2009
logicchild
An article that explains Regular Expressions
C#2.0C#3.0C#Intermediate
.NET RegEx Test
20 Oct 2006
kurt.griffiths
Handy Regex test utility for .NET helps you get the right expression to use in your code
.NET2.0VS2005C#2.0WindowsDevQAIntermediate
Create Regex Objects using a Kind of "meta-variables" - Quicker and Easier
10 Jan 2007
Eugene Mirotin (Guard)
This article describes a class VarRegex allowing you to reuse parts of regular expressions
.NET2.0VS2005C#2.0WindowsDevIntermediate
Use regular expression in your C++ program
25 Jan 2001
Sherwood Hu
how to use the Microsoft regular expression object in your C++ program
VC6Win2KVisual-StudioMFCATLDevIntermediate
A handy web utility for Regular Expressions
17 Nov 2009
Carl Johansen
Describes a free web-based utility for testing Regular Expressions and performing bulk text transformations.
C#.NETDevBeginnerIntermediate
Regular Expression Tester
8 Sep 2005
Christopher Scholten
A simple Regular Expression Tester which allows one string to be tested against a standard regular expression, with feedback on the result in both text and graphical format as either the regular expression or the test string are typed.
.NET1.1VS.NET2003C#WindowsDevQABeginnerWinForm
Grabbing Information from Web Pages using Regular Expressions
19 Jun 2007
qazro
The article describes how to automate navigation through Web pages, i.e. send parameters and grab the required information automatically
.NET2.0VS.NET2003VS2005C#2.0WindowsHTMLDevIntermediateWinForm
Lost and Found Identity Proper Case Format Provider (IFormatProvider implementation)
24 Jun 2009
kdmitry
Provides administrators with a way to re-format biographical data from case-insensitive data-sources.
C#ASP.NETSQL-ServerArchitectDevBeginnerIntermediatePowerShellWinForm
Regular Expressions Meta Characters Usage with Examples
26 Apr 2006
Anil Choudary
Regular Expressions Usage with Examples
C#Windows.NETVisual-StudioDevIntermediate
Using Regular Expression for Parsing
16 Mar 2007
wjhu111
Derived currently supports RTF and HTML format
WinXPVS2005C#2.0.NETDevIntermediate
What is the best way to create Regular Expressions?
26 Sep 2008
Alex Perepletov
A convenient way to document the intent of each part of a regex.
C#2.0C#3.0.NETDevIntermediate
In-place file regex replacement
31 Jan 2008
Mike McCabe
A function to apply a regex replacement to a file.
C#.NETDevIntermediate
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WordNet-based semantic similarity measurement
8 Feb 2010
Troy Simpson, Thanh Dao
Capturing the semantic similarity between two short sentences based on the WordNet dictionary.
C#Windows.NETVisual-StudioDevIntermediate
A word-wise HTML text compare and merge engine
27 Aug 2005
Hongwei Shen
A C# .NET implemntation of HTML text compare and merge engine based on a similar algorithm as the Unix diff.
.NET1.1VS.NET2003C#WindowsDevIntermediate
StringConvertor : A convertor class for managed-unmanaged string conversions that handles memory de-allocations
15 May 2005
Nish Sivakumar
A convertor class for managed-unmanaged string conversions that handles memory de-allocations. Caller need not worry about freeing unmanaged memory allocations.
VS2005C++C++/CLIWindows.NETDevIntermediate
Rive
28 Mar 2010
PIEBALDconsult
An improved string split method.
.NET3.5C#DevIntermediate
Custom Formatting in .NET - Enhancing String.Format to all new levels!
1 Dec 2010
Scott Rippey
A string template method that allows you to fill a string with data. Easy to use, fast, extensible, and extremely powerful! Uses Reflection, Conditional Formatting, iterating through Arrays, and more!
.NET2.0VS.NET2003VS2005.NET3.0VB7.xVB8.0VB9.0.NET3.5VS2008Dev
UTF-8 With C++ in a Portable Way
8 Jul 2009
Nemanja Trifunovic
A simple, portable, and lightweight generic library for handling UTF-8 encoded strings.
C++WindowsVisual-StudioDevIntermediate
NetSpell - Spell Checker for .NET
21 Oct 2003
Paul Welter
The NetSpell project is a spell checking engine written entirely in managed C# .NET code.
.NET1.0.NET1.1Win2KWinXPWin2003C#VBASP.NETVisual-StudioDev
Fastest C# Case Insenstive String Replace
4 Jul 2005
Huisheng Chen
Find a fast way to replace case insenstive string.
.NET1.1Win2KWin2003VistaVS.NET2003C#DevIntermediate
Gios WORD .NET Library (using RTF specification)
8 Aug 2005
Paolo Gios
A .NET library for generating Word documents (.DOC) using the RTF (Rich Text Format) specification.
.NET1.1VS.NET2003C#WindowsDevIntermediate
A T-SQL Regular Expression Library for SQL Server 2005
13 Dec 2008
Steve Abraham
This article shows the reader how to construct a library of scalar and table valued functions for SQL Server 2005 to perform regular expression analysis.
.NET2.0SQL-server-2005VS2005C#2.0SQLWindowsDBADevIntermediate
Converting PDF to Text in C#
10 Mar 2014
Dan Letecky
1 alternative  
Parsing PDF files in .NET using PDFBox and IKVM.NET (managed code).
C#Windows.NETVisual-StudioHTMLDevIntermediate
Removing or replacing non-printable Unicode characters
16 Mar 2007
Eric Lynch
A class for removing or replacing non-printable Unicode characters.
.NET1.1C#WindowsDevIntermediate
CommandLineHelper class to launch console applications and capture their output
23 Oct 2006
Andrew Tweddle
Runs a console application and returns its output as a string. Useful for writing object-oriented wrappers around command line utilities, such as Subversion's svn utility.
.NET2.0C#2.0WindowsVisual-StudioDevIntermediate
Parsing event log(*.evt) file
23 Aug 2006
J a a n s
An article on parsing/opening event log files(*.evt) using c#
.NET2.0Win2KWinXPWin2003VS2005C#2.0DevIntermediate
RTools.Util - C# Library
26 Oct 2004
Ryan Seghers
A C# Library for tokenizing, argument parsing, and file finding.
.NET1.0C#WindowsDevIntermediate
Faster String Building
30 Mar 2008
andrevdcolff
An alternative to native string and StringBuilder options
C#2.0C#3.0C#
Karmencita: an object query language for .NET
23 Mar 2006
Marius Gheorghe
Learn more about Karmencita, an object query language for .NET.
.NET2.0VS2005C#WindowsDevIntermediate
String Helpers
15 Jun 2005
Marc Clifton
A small set of helper methods for string manipulation.
C#Windows.NETVisual-StudioDevIntermediate
WTL CString Class Implemented with the Standard C++ Library
28 Sep 2006
Alain Rist
Plug-in CodeProject's CStdString as WTL::CString and get the WTL CString support with a Standard C++ Library implementation.
VC6VC7VC7.1VC8.0Win2KWinXPWin2003VS.NET2003VS2005eVC4.0
Secure Strings
8 Nov 2011
AbhishekGoenka
Use of SecureString class in .NET
Windows.NET
Converting PDF to Text in C#
22 Oct 2012
hatman70
This is an alternative for "Converting PDF to Text in C#"
C#Windows.NETVisual-StudioHTMLDevIntermediate
Conditional Replacement
20 Sep 2005
Anthony Johnston
Templating for text based formats.
C#Windows.NETVisual-StudioDevIntermediate
XML Querying, Text Streaming, Debug Capture, and LDAP
17 Jan 2006
Werner.Reyneke
Library containing functions for XML Querying, Text Streaming, Debug Capture and LDAP.
C#XMLWindows.NETVisual-StudioDevIntermediate
Repair Broken Text
7 Mar 2007
radumi
An article to demonstrate how to repair broken text.
.NET1.1WinXPVS.NET2003C#DevIntermediate
UTF16 to UTF8 to UTF16 simple CString based conversion
16 May 2008
John Paul Pirau
Use CString to convert betwen UTF8 and UTF16.
VC7VC7.1VC8.0WinXPWin2003VistaC++WindowsWinMobileMFC
Adding line numbers to text
24 Jun 2004
Ken Mackenzie
How to easily add line numbers to source code or text.
.NET1.0.NET1.1.NET2.0Win2KWinXPWin2003VS.NET2003C#DevIntermediate
A universal sentence checking tool
31 Oct 2006
Dominique Bijnens
A tool to quickly verify a sentence's correctness.
.NET1.1.NET2.0Win2KWinXPVS.NET2003VS2005C#DevIntermediate
String Vs StringBuilder (C#)
1 May 2004
Chester Ragel
An article on performance of String Vs StringBuilder and better places where each can be used
.NET1.0.NET1.1Win2KWinXPWin2003VS.NET2003C#DevIntermediate
Word Search Engine
1 May 2006
mohsen ahmadian
This article describes a new Word Search Engine for your application or website.
.NET2.0VS2005C#WindowsDevIntermediate
Processing Command Line Arguments
27 Dec 2006
salysle
This article describes an approach to processing multiple command line arguments.
.NET2.0VS2005C#WindowsDevIntermediate
Splitting a Line of Comma-Separated Text
11 Sep 2009
pat daburu
A quick and simple method for splitting up the lines in your .csv file.
C#Windows.NETDevIntermediate
Using ANSI Colors within .NET
28 Mar 2008
zenox
This article will teach you how to use ANSI colors using .NET
C#.NETBeginner
String Splitter
9 Mar 2003
Wee Ding
A user defined String Tokenizer (Java).
JavaJava SEDevIntermediate
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Converting RTF to HTML in VB.NET the Easy Way
14 Jan 2010
Hanleyk1
A quick and easy solution to produce excellent HTML from RTF without parsing
VB.NETDevIntermediate
Extremely Efficient Type-safe printf Library
17 Aug 2011
Alexander Bessonov
Introduces a fast and type-safe parameter rendering library (type-safe printf)
C++WindowsDevAdvancedVS2010
String conversions made easy
4 Dec 2010
Elmar de Groot
Convert strings to their strong typed counterpart with String.ConvertTo().
C#3.0.NETDevIntermediateC#4.0
Longitude-Latitude String Parser and Formatter
21 Sep 2006
Jeff Bogan
A class for longitude and latitude values so as to parse the string to render a double, or format a double into a string.
VC6VC7VC7.1VC8.0Win2KWinXPVS.NET2003VS2005DevIntermediate
XFormatNumber - A function to format numbers with commas
25 Jun 2002
Hans Dietrich
An easy-to-use function that provides locale-correct comma-formatting of numbers
VC6VC7Win2KWinXPMFCDevIntermediate
Converting numeric types to strings and strings to numeric types
23 Feb 2004
Eloff
Benchmarks on various conversion technqiues, commentary, and some custom conversion functions.
VC6VC7VC7.1Win2KWinXPWin2003VS.NET2003DevIntermediate
Guide to BSTR and C String Conversions
21 Aug 2003
Robert Pittenger, MCPD-EAD
An article on converting to/from C strings and various VB BSTR string types
VC6VC7VC7.1Win2KWinXPWin2003MFCDevIntermediate
Format Currency Using .NET Code Vs. Legacy VB6 Code
31 Mar 2009
James Mouchett
To format a string into currency without the dependency of VB6
.NET1.0.NET1.1.NET2.0.NET3.0VB7.xVB8.0VB9.0VB6.NET3.5VB
Enhanced String Handling II
16 Dec 2010
Avi Farah
Overcoming limitations of: Enhanced String Handling
.NET3.5C#.NETDevBeginnerIntermediateAll-TopicsEncryptionDecryptionApplication
URLEncode
25 Jun 2001
Ryszard Krakowiak
Convert string using URLEncode method
VC6Win2KMFCDevBeginner
AMMimeUtils
13 Jun 2001
Anders Molin
An article on how to decode Base64 and Quoted-Printable text without using MFC.
VC6Win2KDevIntermediate
Quick code page converter
19 Jun 2004
valdok
A simple tool that converts ANSI string to Unicode using a code page you select.
VC6WindowsDevIntermediate
Convert Integers to Their Textual Description
6 May 2014
Jeremy Falcon
Convert an integer to its textual description
VC6VC7Win2KWinXPCDevIntermediate
Convert a "Hex String" to an Integer
15 Jan 2001
Anders Molin
Convert a string containing a hex value to an integer
VC6Win2KDevIntermediate
Float and datetime to Vietnamese textual
4 Aug 2002
Nguyen Luong Son
A DLL to convert Float and datetime to Vietnamese textual string
VC6VC7Win2KWinXPMFCDevIntermediate
CString To char Conversion method (Warning Free)
12 Oct 2005
ImmelmanQ
An article on converting CStrings to chars without data loss.
VC6VC7WinXPVisual-StudioMFCDevIntermediate
BinaryConverter
13 Jun 2006
Polymorpher
Convert ASCII text to binary and back.
Win2KWinXPWin2003VS.NET2003VB.NETDevBeginner
North American Phone Number Format Provider (iFormatProvider Implementation)
15 Jun 2009
kdmitry
Implementation of IFormatProvider interface allowing to format "dirty-data" phone numbers into uniformed string
C#2.0C#3.0C#DevDesignBeginnerIntermediateSysAdmin
UTF-8 Encoding and Decoding
22 Oct 2003
Robert Pittenger, MCPD-EAD
How to Encode and Decode Text to/from UTF-8
VC6Win2KWinXPWin2003MFCDevIntermediate
A class that converts string data to any format
19 Aug 2007
Le Sourcier
Converts a string to any format you want!!!
VC6WindowsVisual-StudioDevBeginner
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String - Text Search and Replace 

Text Processing -1 : Fuzzy String Matching or Searching
23 May 2014
Psycho_Coder
Fuzzy String matching algorithms for Spell correction and string similarity matching using Edit Distance algortihms.
IntermediatePythonAlgorithmsTextsearchPython2.7stringsfuzzy
Fast Token Replacement in C#
8 Sep 2013
Bojan Antolovic
A class similar to StringBuilder with a faster Replace function.
.NETDevIntermediateC#4.0
XTokenString - a function to extract tokens from a string
4 Aug 2005
Hans Dietrich
XTokenString extracts tokens from a string, and returns a CStringArray that contains tokens. A token is defined by specified delimiters; double-quotes may optionally group multiple words into a single token, and an option is provided for handling escaped characters.
VC6Win2KWinXPWin2003MFCDevIntermediate
Patricia Trie Template Class
11 Jul 2007
Radu Gruian
This article introduces a template class-based approach to construct and query Patricia tries. The article includes source code and a demo application.
VC6Win2KWinXPWin2003VistaTabletPCEmbeddedDevIntermediate
A Multiple Substring Search Class: CIVStringSet
25 Apr 2010
Scot Brennecke
A string array class using MFC or STL that performs very fast multiple string searches
WindowsMFCSTLDevIntermediateVC9.0
AutoText V2.2: A component for word-complete as the user is typing
26 Nov 2007
Windmiller
A component that will find similar words in a lexicon as the user is writing on to make it easy to word-complete for the user. For use in Win32 graphical or console applications.
.NET1.0.NET1.1.NET2.0Win2KWinXPWin2003VS.NET2003C#2.0.NET3.0ASP.NET
Find and Replace with Regular Expressions
6 Apr 2007
Kishore Ramakrishnan
An article on using regular expressions to implement Find and Replace functionality
.NET2.0VS2005C#2.0WindowsDevIntermediate
String Replace and File Handling library
8 Jan 2008
Sivastyle
Library which contains code for replacing some of the Text in files based on conditions and handling the files by reading and writing strings from or to the file by recursively browsing the folder.
.NET2.0WinXPVistaVS2005C#2.0DevIntermediate
A Tiny Variable String Splitter
25 Jan 2008
mi-chi
Tokenize and access string contents using a format mask
VC6VC7VC7.1VC8.0C++C++/CLIC
CleanR - Text file string search and replace engine.
1 Jul 2003
Kamal Shankar
An engine to allow you to search for strings in text files and replace them.
VC6WindowsDevIntermediate
Searching on Text Files
15 Jul 2008
julyhoping
This program is to search for words on text files.
VC6VC7VC7.1VC8.0WindowsDevBeginner


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