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static using statements
static using statements, 170
static void methods, 390
Status property, 548
stepping into and out of methods, 74–77, 86
Stopwatch objects, 526
StorageFile class, 573
storing data. See arrays; collections; generics
StreamReader class, 311
String class, 392, 579
string concatenation, 45–46
string interpolation, 46, 50, 248
string type, 178
string values
converting to integers, 45, 58
representing values in variables, 43–44, 50
for variable names, 663
StringReader class, 311
strings
appending to strings, 108
converting enumeration variables, 202–203
converting to integers, 128–129
determining if empty, 365
splitting, 579, 688
wrapping, 392
struct keyword, 208
structs, 8
structure variables
copying, 215–218
declaring, 210–211, 220
initializing, 211–212, 220
nullable, 211
Structured Query Language (SQL), 470
structures, 8, 206–219
vs. classes, 209–210
comparing operators, 500
compatibility with WinRT, 218–219
creating, 212–215
declaring, 208–209, 220
default constructors, 209, 212–213
field initialization, 209, 211–212
fields, 208
inheritance and, 257–258
interface implementation, 279
keyword combinations, 302
operators for, 208
public constructors, 213
types, 206–207
Style elements, 639, 649
styles
BasedOn property, 642
defining, 639, 649
Microsoft Blend, 648
Setter elements in, 639
for user interface, 638–648
subscribers, 456
subtractValues method, 51
summary functions, 480
summary methods, 476–477
SuppressFinalize method, 321–322
Swap method, 389
switch keyword, 100
switch statements, 99–105, 687
fall-through, 101–102
rules, 101–102
syntax, 100
writing, 102–104
symmetric operators, 496–497, 510–511
synchronization
canceling, 587
locking data, 584
for shared data access, 577
task, 581–598
of tasks, 581–599
threads, 585, 599
synchronization primitives, 584–586
synchronous I/O, 560
System.Array class, 225, 228–229, 424
System.Collections namespace, 400
System.Collections.Concurrent namespace, 400, 587
System.Collections.Generic namespace, 374–376,
395, 399, 410, 424
System.Collections.IEnumerable interface, 423–431
System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch objects, 526
System.Exception exceptions, 131, 563
System.IComparable interface, 380–381
System.IComparable interface, 381
System.Int32 structure, 65, 206–207
System.Int32 type, 387
System.Int64 structure, 206–207
System.InvalidCastException exceptions, 372
System.Linq namespace, 473
System.Object class, 193
inheritance from, 258
overriding methods, 301
System.Random class, 223
System.Single structure, 206–207
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