Format alphanumeric data for presentation in C#

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  • 8 Units
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Use C# to format strings with white space, special characters, padding, and alignment. Give context to numeric data like currency, percentages, and numbers with decimals.

Learning objectives

  • Use character escape sequences to add tabs, new lines, and Unicode characters to our strings.

  • Create verbatim string literals, and escape common characters like backslash ( \ ) and double-quotes ( "" ).

  • Merge templates with variables using composite formatting and string interpolation.

  • Include various format specifiers for percentages, currency, and numbers.

Prerequisites

  • Introductory experience with creating and initializing variables of type string and decimal

  • Introductory experience with literal values of type string and decimal

  • Introductory experience with Console.WriteLine()

  • Experience using Visual Studio Code to develop, build, and run C# code