Data variables in C# and Visual Basic normally define themselves by the amount and type of data they hold. The string type, with its ability to store 2 billion characters, is often seen gloating about ...

Developers should have a basic proficiency of a language's data types. In this article, Irina Medvinskaya presents an overview of two types of predefined C# variables: value types and reference types.

Take advantage of closures in C# — including anonymous methods, delegates, and lambda expressions — to make your code robust, efficient, readable, and easier to maintain.

Can anyone here remember the syntax required to use a string variable as a filename for a data file? As in:the variable is "fileName"char fileName[16] = "";and it is decided with user input:cin ...

Take advantage of the in, out, and ref keywords to pass parameters to your C# methods in .NET and make your code more readable and maintainable.

Anytime you return to the routine, you'll find the static variable still in possession of whatever data value you left it with the last time you visited. In Visual Basic, local static variables, ...