What's the difference between string
and System.String
?
C# defines a number of aliases for CLR types. They may be used interchangably, and even mixed together, e.g.
string x = new System.String(' ', 5);
.
These are the aliases defined:
Alias | CLR type |
---|---|
string | System.String |
sbyte | System.SByte |
byte | System.Byte |
short | System.Int16 |
ushort | System.UInt16 |
int | System.Int32 |
uint | System.UInt32 |
long | System.Int64 |
ulong | System.UInt64 |
char | System.Char |
float | System.Single |
double | System.Double |
bool | System.Boolean |
decimal | System.Decimal |
[Author: Jon Skeet]