Thread: iostreams?

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    Registered User C_ntua's Avatar
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    iostreams?

    Is there an equivalent of << and/or >> operators for C#?
    I just need something easy to use to convert everything to strings. It is really not nice using Convert.ToString(). I don't see the reason by the way why somethings cannot be overloaded, like make MessageBox.Show(int i), MessageBox.Show(string str), MessageBox.Show(DateTime dt) etc etc

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    All the integral types such as int are overloaded with toString() to display what you want.

    so MessageBox.Show(i.toString());

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    ToString() is automatically called for each type when concatenating strings:
    Code:
    int i = 12;
    float f = 3.4f;
    double d = 5.6;
    decimal dm = 7.8M;
    System.DateTime dt = System.DateTime.Now;
    
    System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("int: " + i + ", float: " + f  +", double: " + d  +", decimal: " + dm + ", datetime: " + dt);
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    lol, I knew there was a simple solution...

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