How do I convert a single char to a string?

Ian R. O'Brien picture Ian R. O'Brien · Dec 6, 2012 · Viewed 96k times · Source

I'd like to enumerate a string and instead of it returning chars I'd like to have the iterative variable be of type string. This probably isn't possible to have the iterative type be a string so what is the most efficient way to iterate through this string?

Do I need to create a new string object with each iteration of the loop or can I perform a cast somehow?

String myString = "Hello, World";
foreach (Char c in myString)
{
    // what I want to do in here is get a string representation of c
    // but I can't cast expression of type 'char' to type 'string'
    String cString = (String)c; // this will not compile
}

Answer

Mark Hall picture Mark Hall · Dec 6, 2012

Use the .ToString() Method

String myString = "Hello, World";
foreach (Char c in myString)
{
    String cString = c.ToString(); 
}