String - General			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Implement Phonetic ("Sounds-like") Name Searches with Double Metaphone Part VI: Other Methods & Additional Resources Updated: 19 Mar 2007 Surveys other phonetic matching techniques, and presents additional resources on the subject. VC7Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, Dev	Adam Nelson	4.89
Single Instance String Store for .NET Updated: 16 Jul 2009 By implementing a single instance string store, you can significantly reduce the memory footprint of your application. C#, .NET, Dev	Kendall Miller	4.88
RichText Builder (StringBuilder for RTF) Updated: 12 Nov 2008 RichText Builder - use in place of StringBuilder to output RTF. C#, .NET (.NET 2.0), Visual Studio (VS2008), WinForms, Dev	seeblunt	4.88
CString-clone Using Standard C++ Updated: 4 Aug 2004 A Drop-In replacement for CString that builds on the Standard C++ Library's basic_string template VC6Win2K, Dev	Joe O'Leary	4.69
XString - non-MFC non-STL string functions - Unedited Updated: 7 Aug 2007 XString offers functions for remove, replace, trim, and case-insensitive search that are not included in the CRT. VC6, VC8.0, WindowsVS2005, Dev	Hans Dietrich	4.67
A Variable-based String Parser Updated: 27 Feb 2007 An article on a tool which unifies a string with a template consisting of variables and constants C++, Visual Studio, Dev	Dileepa Jayathilaka	4.67
CString Management Updated: 17 May 2000 Learn how to effectively use CStrings. VC6, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	Joseph M. Newcomer	4.62
Plural Forms Updated: 15 Apr 2008 Spelling messages like "5 file(s) found" correctly in any language C++, C	Peter Kankowski	4.61
Extending CStringArray Updated: 11 Dec 2007 An extended CStringArray class C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	Anders Eriksson	4.61
Literal string encryption as part of the build process Updated: 17 Mar 2005 CXR allows you to create encrypted strings at compile time. VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	C^hris L^osinger	4.60
TextFieldWriter Updated: 5 Oct 2009 An opposite way to FileIO.TextFieldParser to easily write fixed-length fields into a text file. VB, Windows, .NET, Dev	jlabrou	4.60
XSearch - a class that implements a search engine-style advanced search Updated: 16 May 2007 XSearch implements a search engine-style advanced search, including ALL, EXACT PHRASE, AT LEAST ONE, and WITHOUT words. XSearch is based on a multiple-substring search algorithm. VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Hans Dietrich	4.58
FormatString - Smart String Formatting Updated: 19 Feb 2007 Smart string formatting and other string utilities C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), Windows, Visual Studio (VS.NET2003, VS2005), MFC, Dev	Ivo Beltchev	4.55
String Conversions Updated: 22 May 2000 Set of classes enabling UNICODE and ANSI string conversion. VC6, Visual Studio, Dev	Zoran M. Todorovic	4.52
MakeMessage - An STL 'replacement' for the FormatMessage API Updated: 4 Mar 2006 A function that uses STL strings and streams in an effort to mimic and improve on the FormatMessage API. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Dev	PJ Arends	4.51
Implement Phonetic ("Sounds-like") Name Searches with Double Metaphone Part I: Introduction & C++ Implementation Updated: 19 Mar 2007 Introduces the Double Metaphone algorithm for phonetic comparison of proper names, and provides a practical C++ implementation for use in the reader's projects. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Adam Nelson	4.50
String and vector manipulation through example: Morse code and more Updated: 30 Jul 2009 Make a program that can perform various manipulations on a string. C++, Dev	CrazyJugglerDrummer	4.50
Non-MFC String Class for ATL Updated: 11 Aug 2000 A Non-MFC String Class for use in ATL components VC6, ATL, Dev	Paul E. Bible	4.49
Using UpdateResource to change a string resource Updated: 21 Sep 2004 Code for changing a string resource, that actually works! VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, TabletPC, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	Sashazur	4.49
String Tokenizer Class (CTokenEx) Updated: 26 Jan 2000 A very simple string tokenizer class. VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev	Dan Madden	4.46
PowerShell Script for Reviewing Text Shown to Users Updated: 11 Apr 2008 A script for extracting string literals from source code for review Windows, ASP.NET, WinForms	John D. Cook	4.44
A TCHAR style header file for STL strings and streams Updated: 11 Feb 2006 Presents a header file that allows a single source file that uses STL to be built in either ANSI or Unicode, without any changes or lots of #ifdefs. VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, STL, VS.NET2003, Dev	PJ Arends	4.42
StringBuilderPlus Improves Upon StringBuilder Updated: 21 Aug 2009 StringBuilderPlus facilitates prefixing and suffixing strings and StringBuilderPluses in an efficient manner. C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows, .NET, Architect, Dev	aspdotnetdev	4.40
fix_str - An (Almost) Immutable String Class in C++ Updated: 7 Nov 2005 New style string class(es) for ASCII and UNICODE, single- and multi-threaded environments. VC6, Windows, Dev	Roland Pibinger	4.38
CPerlString - A Class to Utilise Perl String Functions Updated: 31 Aug 2002 A Class to Utilise Perl String Functions VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev	Yap Chun Wei	4.33
Easily Load and Format Strings from the String Table Updated: 26 Sep 2005 Two classes that help you to easily load (and format) messages from the String table. VC7.1, Windows, MFC, ATL, VS.NET2003, Dev	Serge Wautier	4.31
CTokenizer class Updated: 21 Oct 2001 A simple tokenizer class that can be used on CStrings VC6, Visual Studio, Dev	Eddie Velasquez	4.31
Case-Insensitive String Replace Updated: 25 Jan 2000 function to replace all occurences of a string within another, ignoring the case. VC6, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	Uwe Keim	4.30
More than strcmp(): similarity in strings Updated: 12 Sep 2004 A function which returns the similarity between two strings (how much they're equal). eVC, VC7, VC7.1, Windows, Win Mobile, MobileVS.NET2003, Dev	Rui A. Rebelo	4.30
Natural Sort Comparer Updated: 28 Dec 2007 An implementation of a Natural Sort Comparer C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0)	Justin.Jones	4.29
Non MFC and Non STL string class: EsString Updated: 25 Nov 2004 Standalone refcounted string class. VC7, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev	Vsevolod	4.29
PreParse XML using CString Updated: 4 Mar 2004 An article on XML parsing using CString. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0WinXP, Visual Studio, ATL, WTL, Dev	Chau Johnthan	4.29
Sending and posting CString to windows via PostMessage, SendMessage Updated: 1 Sep 2001 A robust mechanism for sending CString objects to windows within the current process. VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev	Matt Gullett	4.27
String Tokenizer Iterator Class Updated: 26 Jun 2002 A string tokenizer iterator class that works with std::string VC7.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, STL, Dev	Daniel Andersson	4.25
Case-Insensitive String Search Updated: 1 Dec 1999 A function which doesn't require changing the case of the strings, and was also DBCS (double-byte character set) friendly. VC6WinXP, Dev	Ralph Walden	4.24
XTrim - trim leading and trailing whitespace characters Updated: 20 May 2003 XTrim implements _tcsltrim and _tcsrtrim - CRT-like functions to trim whitespace. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Dev	Hans Dietrich	4.24
A C++ StringBuilder Class Updated: 14 Sep 2007 An atricle introducing a StringBuilder class written in C++ C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Omer Tripp	4.22
Static String List Manager Updated: 20 Sep 2001 A reusable component to manage static string lists in your programs VC6Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, ATL, Dev	Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳	4.20
Patricia and Huffman, Sitting in a Trie Updated: 27 Dec 2004 Article demonstrates a text-based Patricia trie and adds new text-compression features. VC6WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev	Michael Jaworski	4.17
CStringW and CStringA Updated: 29 Jun 2002 CStringW and CStringA for WTL VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, WTL, Dev	Oskar Wieland	4.13
Simple string parsing in nested loops Updated: 14 Dec 2004 Fast string parsing in nested loops. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Hatem Mostafa	4.09
Yet another CString replacement (only much more practical) Updated: 1 Jul 2003 MFC/non-MFC usage, UNICODE support, numerics operations support VC6Win2K, WinXP, Dev	soso_pub	4.04
CTextRender class Updated: 20 Oct 2005 An article on an alternative for TextOut (ExtTextOut) function. VC6, Dev	darkoman	4.04
Searching and replacing strings in a text file Updated: 30 Oct 2001 A simple Java toy program for searching and replacing strings in a text file. Java, VC6, Java, Win2K, Visual Studio, Dev	Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳	4.03
lstring - A lightweight wrapper for std::string Updated: 4 Dec 2005 Simplify string handling with a wrapper for std::string. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Roland Pibinger	3.99
Fast Textual Data Processing using Hashed Strings Updated: 6 Mar 2004 Managing a textual numbering system for hashing words into numbers VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev	Mohammed Hossny	3.92
Use wildcard to compare string and validate input Updated: 3 Feb 2005 This article describes how to use wildcard to make input validation in CEdit control or to compare string with wildcard. VC6WinXP, MFC, Dev	DarkYoda M	3.89
XMemString - Extended memory and string search functions Updated: 11 May 2003 Extended string and memory search functions: memmem(), memimem(), memichr(), _tcsistr() VC6Win2K, WinXP, Dev	Hans Dietrich	3.86
String Parsing Class (supports quoted strings) Updated: 14 Mar 2002 Parse strings with specified delimiter and specified quote character VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev	John Simmons / outlaw programmer	3.84
STL Split String Updated: 1 Feb 2006 A function that will split an input string based on a string delimiter. VC6Win2K, ATL, STL, Dev	Paul J. Weiss	3.83
Keeping It Clean - String Function Wrappers for VS2005 Updated: 17 Nov 2006 A technique for making stdio functions compile clean regardless of the Microsoft compiler used VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, WindowsVS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev	John Simmons / outlaw programmer	3.79
Simple CString Extension Updated: 12 Jun 2002 Simple extension for better substring functionality and numeric formatting VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	Marc Clifton	3.75
.NET Strings Updated: 14 Jan 2009 Overview of .NET string handling. C#, .NET, Dev	Marius Serban	3.71
A Very Simple Parser Updated: 12 Apr 2004 An article describing how to parse simple mathematical expressions (containing only +, -, *, /, and numbers) and evaluate their values. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Dev	ThePromather	3.60
Convert Between std::string and std::wstring, UTF-8 and UTF-16 Updated: 20 May 2007 How to convert safely STL strings between Unicode formats C++, Windows, Visual Studio, STL, Dev	rh_	3.59
Optimizing String-Manipulation Functions Updated: 26 Dec 2004 Optimizing string-manipulation functions. C, ASM, VC6WinXP, Dev	Peter Kankowski	3.54
Class to check Strings for invalid characters Updated: 4 Nov 2000 An MFC Class which offers you the abbility to check Strings for invalid characters VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev	Thomas Hauth	3.50
Easy String Compression and Encryption Updated: 1 Jul 2008 Class module to easily de-/compress and en-/decrypt big strings VB (VB 8.0, VB 9.0), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), ASP.NET, Visual Studio (VS2005), WinForms, WebForms, Dev	BTDex	3.50
Full Text Search Tool Updated: 14 Sep 2006 This is an implementation of a text search tool, which can be used to index and search for texts within a collection of documents. The code is written in C# .NET and requires framework 1.1 to run. No third party search tool has been used, every bit of the algorithm has been implemented from scratch. C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev	getmayukh	3.40
A Lite-Memory Dictionary Updated: 10 Mar 2007 An article on the implementation of a dictionary where everything is kept in the disk as a B-Tree. VC6, Visual Studio, Dev	Dileepa Jayathilaka	3.40
Untabify and Tabify Updated: 16 Jan 2009 Untabify and Tabify Extension Methods for intending code. C#, .NET (.NET 3.5), Dev	PIEBALDconsult	3.40
String Extension Collection for C# Updated: 27 Nov 2008 Several useful extensions for System.String. C# (C# 3.0), .NET, Dev	Tomas Kubes	3.31
Creating a Unique String Using a UUID Updated: 12 Dec 2001 A small function to either accept or create a UUID* and return a CString VC6Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	John Simmons / outlaw programmer	3.26
Class for quick string lookup Updated: 29 Sep 2001 Class that represents strings in a tier to enable faster lookups. VC6Win2K, Visual Studio, Dev	Todd Jeffreys	3.25
Yet another string parser Updated: 15 Mar 2002 Another class for extracting fields of string VC6Win2K, Dev	Remon	3.24
Java Generic Code - Convert Array Contents to a String in a Generic Way Updated: 7 Apr 2004 Presenting a generic way to convert Array contents to Strings Java, Java, Dev	Doron Barak	3.21
String Format Library Updated: 23 Apr 2008 Another type-safe alternative to Boost's string format library. C, VC6, VC7.1, VC8.0, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Shao Voon Wong	3.14
How to Format a String Updated: 9 Aug 2006 This article illustrates how to format a std::string using a variable argument list similar to CString's Format. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Nitron	3.13
CPathSplit Updated: 20 Aug 2003 CString based path splitter. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, PocketPC 2002, MFC, Dev	Kochise	3.12
The XString Class Updated: 11 Dec 2003 An extended string class for C++ programmers VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Vijay Mathew Pandyalakal	3.09
Text Formatter Updated: 19 Sep 2005 A class to block the size of a given text. VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Doga Arinir	3.05
KString class, a non MFC string class Updated: 16 Oct 2006 KString class, a non MFC string class. VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS.NET2003, Dev	Hadi Dayvary	3.04
String Splitter Updated: 1 Nov 2001 User defined StringTokenizer Java, Java, Win2K, Dev	Koundinya	2.87
FileSystem path string wrapper class Updated: 2 May 2005 A simple class to encapsulate a file system path for easy manipulation. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Parko	2.75
Useful CString Manipulation Functions Updated: 31 Jan 2007 A set of functions to perform the tasks that CString fails to address properly C++ (VC8.0), Windows, Visual Studio (VS2005), MFC, Dev	Denis Gourjii	2.71
Allocate your dynamic strings on the stack Updated: 5 Jun 2005 An article about stack-allocated dynamic strings in C++. VC6, Windows, Dev	Olivier Lombart	2.50
Ultimate String and String-List classes Updated: 5 Feb 2005 String and String-List classes compatible with both ASCII and UNICODE strings. VC7.1Win2K, WinXPVS.NET2003, Dev	TomKat	2.45
String Parser Class with Field Validation and Exception Handling Updated: 16 Dec 2002 Another class for extracting fields of string + field validation + exception Handling VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Ali Khanlarkhani	2.44
Fast splitting of CString objects Updated: 23 Sep 2005 Splitting CString objects is mostly easy, but can be tricky. I developed this function for using it with CSV files. VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	rkaufman	2.42
*String wildcard matching ( and ?)** - Unedited Updated: 22 Jul 2007 A simple function to perform wildcard ( * ? ) string matching. C, VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VistaVS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev	M Shahid Shafiq	2.05
Tolerant string matching using the Levenshtein algorithm Updated: 29 Apr 2005 A practical example how to use the Levenshtein algorithm for string matching VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, eVC 3.0, eVC 4.0, Win Mobile, Mobile, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS.NET2003, Dev	Andreas Muegge	2.03
Revise - Unedited Updated: 9 Jul 2008 Revise is a command line text editing tool C++, Windows, Win32, Visual Studio (VS2008), Dev	Samjiman	1.38
StringTokenizer - Unedited Updated: 3 Apr 2006 Tokenizes the String on the basis of delimeter/length provided Java, Java, Dev	Abhishek Shekhar	1.24
Handling non-English characters UTF8 with MS VC++ 2005 Updated: 6 Nov 2008 This article describes how to handle streams of non-English characters. C++/CLI, VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Windows, Visual Studio (VS2005), Dev	osella.esteban	1.22
Remove the security credentials from a connection string Updated: 25 Jun 2009 This might save you 15 minutes and avoid the embarrasment of returning your 'sa' password to your customers along with an error message. C#, Windows (Win2008), Dev	Simon Tagg	1.00
String - General,			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
The Complete Guide to C++ Strings, Part I - Win32 Character Encodings Updated: 4 Oct 2002 A guide to the multitude of string types used in Windows. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev	Michael Dunn	4.90
The Complete Guide to C++ Strings, Part II - String Wrapper Classes Updated: 12 Oct 2002 A guide to the string wrapper classes provided by Visual C++ and class libraries VC6Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, ATL, WTL, STL, Dev	Michael Dunn, Nishant Sivakumar	4.86
String - Regular Expressions			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Flexible text format support using Regular Expressions Updated: 1 Jul 2009 Regular Expressions enable your application to parse text files of customized formats. C#, XML, .NET, Dev	spotofleopard	5.00
RegEx Tester - Regular Expression Tester Updated: 3 May 2009 It aids you to develop and fully test your regular expression against a target text. C#, All Topics, Dev	BucanerO_Slacker	4.70
Wildcard string compare (globbing) Updated: 15 Feb 2005 Matches a string against a wildcard string such as "." or "bl?h.*" etc. This is good for file globbing or to match hostmasks. VC6Win2K, Visual Studio, Dev	Jack Handy	4.59
Link Scanner Updated: 14 Oct 2009 Gets all links that a page contains. C#.NET 2.0, Dev	CoffeeCode	4.56
RegexTester Updated: 20 Aug 2009 Presenting a test bed for .NET Regular Expressions C#.NET 2.0, Dev	PIEBALDconsult	4.56
Using Regular Expressions in MFC Updated: 18 Jun 2006 CATLRegExp - A Visual C++ built-in regular expression. VC7Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, ATL, Dev	Sam NG	4.52
Adding Regular Expressions to Your App with Regex++ Updated: 17 Jun 2002 A tutorial to demonstrate adding regular expressions to your project using Regex++ from boost.org. VC6, VC7Win2K, MFC, Dev	perlmunger	4.49
An Introduction to Regular Expressions Updated: 25 Jan 2001 Describes the theory behind regular expressions (RE) as well as the practical usage. C++Win2K, Visual Studio, Dev	Uwe Keim	4.39
Regular Expressions Syntax Highlighting Updated: 7 Sep 2008 Easy to use syntax highlighting class C#, Dev	Stanislav Kniazev	4.28
Searching, Modifying, and Encoding Text Updated: 1 Jul 2009 An article that explains Regular Expressions C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0)	logicchild	4.20
A Naive String Comparer Updated: 6 May 2008 A class to perform a "naive" comparison of two chunks of text to see if they look to be the same. C# (C# 2.0, C# 3.0), ASP.NET	Pete O'Hanlon	4.19
Henry Spencer's Regexp Engine Revisited Updated: 2 Jul 2003 A small, Unicode-aware regular expression engine based on Henry Spencer's early work VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, WTL, STL, Dev	Sunspot	4.11
.NET RegEx Test Updated: 20 Oct 2006 Handy Regex test utility for .NET helps you get the right expression to use in your code C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev, QA	kurt.griffiths	4.00
Create Regex Objects using a Kind of "meta-variables" - Quicker and Easier Updated: 10 Jan 2007 This article describes a class VarRegex allowing you to reuse parts of regular expressions C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev	Eugene Mirotin (Guard)	3.83
A handy web utility for Regular Expressions Updated: 17 Nov 2009 Describes a free web-based utility for testing Regular Expressions and performing bulk text transformations. C#, .NET, Dev	Carl Johansen	3.67
Regular Expression Tester Updated: 8 Sep 2005 A simple Regular Expression Tester which allows one string to be tested against a standard regular expression, with feedback on the result in both text and graphical format as either the regular expression or the test string are typed. C#, Windows, .NET 1.1, WinForms, VS.NET2003, Dev, QA	Christopher Scholten	3.50
Use regular expression in your C++ program Updated: 25 Jan 2001 how to use the Microsoft regular expression object in your C++ program VC6Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, ATL, Dev	Sherwood Hu	3.47
Quick Start for C++ TR1 Regular Expressions Updated: 23 May 2008 This article answers some of the first questions that come up when using regular expressions in C++ TR1 C++, WindowsVS2008, Dev	John D. Cook	3.37
Grabbing Information from Web Pages using Regular Expressions Updated: 19 Jun 2007 The article describes how to automate navigation through Web pages, i.e. send parameters and grab the required information automatically HTML, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, WinForms, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev	qazro	3.17
Lost and Found Identity Proper Case Format Provider (IFormatProvider implementation) Updated: 24 Jun 2009 Provides administrators with a way to re-format biographical data from case-insensitive data-sources. C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server, WinForms, PowerShell, Architect, Dev	kdmitry	3.00
Regular Expressions Meta Characters Usage with Examples Updated: 26 Apr 2006 Regular Expressions Usage with Examples C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev	Anil Choudary	2.90
Using Regular Expression for Parsing Updated: 16 Mar 2007 Derived currently supports RTF and HTML format C# 2.0, .NET, WinXPVS2005, Dev	wjhu111	2.67
What is the best way to create Regular Expressions? Updated: 26 Sep 2008 A convenient way to document the intent of each part of a regex. C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, .NET, Dev	Alex Perepletov	2.36
In-place file regex replacement Updated: 1 Feb 2008 A function to apply a regex replacement to a file. C#, .NET, Dev	Mike McCabe	1.67
Strings			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Custom Formatting in .NET - Enhancing String.Format to all new levels! Updated: 22 Oct 2009 A string template method that allows you to fill a string with data. Easy to use, fast, extensible, and extremely powerful! Uses Reflection, Conditional Formatting, iterating through Arrays, and more! VB 7.x, VB 8.0, VB 9.0, VB 10.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, .NET 4.0VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS2008, VS2010, Dev	Scott Rippey	4.88
NetSpell - Spell Checker for .NET Updated: 21 Oct 2003 The NetSpell project is a spell checking engine written entirely in managed C# .NET code. C#, VB.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, Dev	Paul Welter	4.79
WordNet-based semantic similarity measurement Updated: 1 Oct 2005 Capturing the semantic similarity between two short sentences based on WordNet dictionary. C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev	Troy Simpson, Thanh Dao	4.79
A T-SQL Regular Expression Library for SQL Server 2005 Updated: 13 Dec 2008 This article shows the reader how to construct a library of scalar and table valued functions for SQL Server 2005 to perform regular expression analysis. SQL, C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0SQL 2005, VS2005, DBA, Dev	Steve Abraham	4.75
Removing or replacing non-printable Unicode characters Updated: 16 Mar 2007 A class for removing or replacing non-printable Unicode characters. C#, Windows, .NET 1.1, Dev	Eric Lynch	4.71
UTF-8 With C++ in a Portable Way Updated: 8 Jul 2009 A simple, portable, and lightweight generic library for handling UTF-8 encoded strings. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Nemanja Trifunovic	4.65
Gios WORD .NET Library (using RTF specification) Updated: 8 Aug 2005 A .NET library for generating Word documents (.DOC) using the RTF (Rich Text Format) specification. C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev	Paolo Gios	4.62
StringConvertor : A convertor class for managed-unmanaged string conversions that handles memory de-allocations Updated: 15 May 2005 A convertor class for managed-unmanaged string conversions that handles memory de-allocations. Caller need not worry about freeing unmanaged memory allocations. C++, C++/CLI, Windows, .NETVS2005, Dev	Nishant Sivakumar	4.61
A word-wise HTML text compare and merge engine Updated: 27 Aug 2005 A C# .NET implemntation of HTML text compare and merge engine based on a similar algorithm as the Unix diff. C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev	Hongwei Shen	4.56
Fastest C# Case Insenstive String Replace Updated: 4 Jul 2005 Find a fast way to replace case insenstive string. C#.NET 1.1, Win2K, Win2003, VistaVS.NET2003, Dev	Unruled Boy	4.52
RTools.Util - C# Library Updated: 26 Oct 2004 A C# Library for tokenizing, argument parsing, and file finding. C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev	Ryan Seghers	4.43
CommandLineHelper class to launch console applications and capture their output Updated: 23 Oct 2006 Runs a console application and returns its output as a string. Useful for writing object-oriented wrappers around command line utilities, such as Subversion's svn utility. C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, Visual Studio, Dev	Andrew Tweddle	4.34
Karmencita: an object query language for .NET Updated: 23 Mar 2006 Learn more about Karmencita, an object query language for .NET. C#, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev	Marius Gheorghe	4.32
Converting PDF to Text in C# Updated: 12 Dec 2005 Parsing PDF files in .NET using PDFBox and IKVM.NET (managed code). C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev	Dan Letecky	4.32
*Parsing event log(.evt) file** Updated: 23 Aug 2006 An article on parsing/opening event log files(*.evt) using c# C# 2.0.NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS2005, Dev	J a a n s	4.30
WTL CString Class Implemented with the Standard C++ Library Updated: 28 Sep 2006 Plug-in CodeProject's CStdString as WTL::CString and get the WTL CString support with a Standard C++ Library implementation. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, eVC 4.0Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, WinMobile2003, WTL, STL, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev	Alain Rist	4.29
String Helpers Updated: 15 Jun 2005 A small set of helper methods for string manipulation. C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev	Marc Clifton	4.23
NRTFTree - A class library for RTF processing in C# Updated: 7 Sep 2007 Class library to manage RTF files. C#.NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXPVS.NET2003, Dev	sgoliver	4.20
Conditional Replacement Updated: 20 Sep 2005 Templating for text based formats. C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev	Anthony Johnston	4.11
Faster String Building Updated: 30 Mar 2008 An alternative to native string and StringBuilder options C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0)	Andre van der Colff	3.92
Repair Broken Text Updated: 7 Mar 2007 An article to demonstrate how to repair broken text. C#.NET 1.1, WinXPVS.NET2003, Dev	radumi	3.89
UTF16 to UTF8 to UTF16 simple CString based conversion Updated: 16 May 2008 Use CString to convert betwen UTF8 and UTF16. C++ (VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, VC9.0), Windows (WinXP, Win2003, Vista), Win Mobile, MFC, Dev, QA	John Paul Pirau	3.87
Adding line numbers to text Updated: 24 Jun 2004 How to easily add line numbers to source code or text. C#.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS.NET2003, Dev	Ken Mackenzie	3.52
XML Querying, Text Streaming, Debug Capture, and LDAP Updated: 17 Jan 2006 Library containing functions for XML Querying, Text Streaming, Debug Capture and LDAP. C#, XML, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev	Werner.Reyneke	3.43
A universal sentence checking tool Updated: 31 Oct 2006 A tool to quickly verify a sentence's correctness. C#.NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXPVS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev	Dominique Bijnens	3.43
String Vs StringBuilder (C#) Updated: 1 May 2004 An article on performance of String Vs StringBuilder and better places where each can be used C#.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS.NET2003, Dev	Chester Ragel	3.13
Processing Command Line Arguments Updated: 27 Dec 2006 This article describes an approach to processing multiple command line arguments. C#, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev	salysle	2.85
Word Search Engine Updated: 1 May 2006 This article describes a new Word Search Engine for your application or website. C#, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev	mohsen ahmadian	2.78
Splitting a Line of Comma-Separated Text Updated: 11 Sep 2009 A quick and simple method for splitting up the lines in your .csv file. C#, Windows, .NET, Dev	pat daburu	2.56
String Split Library Updated: 21 Apr 2008 String splitting with automatic POD conversion. VC8.0, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Shao Voon Wong	2.39
Using ANSI Colors within .NET Updated: 28 Mar 2008 This article will teach you how to use ANSI colors using .NET C#, .NET	zenox	2.25
String Splitter Updated: 9 Mar 2003 A user defined String Tokenizer (Java). Java, Java, Dev	Wee Ding	1.30
Bulk String Comparison - Time Involved Updated: 1 Aug 2005 Bulk string comparison - time involved. C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev	ameya gholap	1.21
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Longitude-Latitude String Parser and Formatter Updated: 21 Sep 2006 A class for longitude and latitude values so as to parse the string to render a double, or format a double into a string. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0Win2K, WinXPVS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev	Jeff Bogan	4.58
XFormatNumber - A function to format numbers with commas Updated: 25 Jun 2002 An easy-to-use function that provides locale-correct comma-formatting of numbers VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Hans Dietrich	4.55
Converting numeric types to strings and strings to numeric types Updated: 23 Feb 2004 Benchmarks on various conversion technqiues, commentary, and some custom conversion functions. VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS.NET2003, Dev	Eloff	4.38
Format Currency Using .NET Code Vs. Legacy VB6 Code Updated: 31 Mar 2009 To format a string into currency without the dependency of VB6 VB (VB 7.x, VB 8.0, VB 9.0, VB 6), .NET (.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5)	James Mouchett	3.91
Guide to BSTR and C String Conversions Updated: 21 Aug 2003 An article on converting to/from C strings and various VB BSTR string types VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev	Robert Pittenger	3.79
URLEncode Updated: 25 Jun 2001 Convert string using URLEncode method VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev	Ryszard Krakowiak	3.61
Convert Integers to Their Textual Description Updated: 19 Jan 2007 Convert an integer to its textual description VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, Dev	Jeremy Falcon	3.55
AMMimeUtils Updated: 13 Jun 2001 An article on how to decode Base64 and Quoted-Printable text without using MFC. VC6Win2K, Dev	Anders Molin	3.48
Convert a "Hex String" to an Integer Updated: 15 Jan 2001 Convert a string containing a hex value to an integer VC6Win2K, Dev	Anders Molin	3.35
Float and datetime to Vietnamese textual Updated: 4 Aug 2002 A DLL to convert Float and datetime to Vietnamese textual string VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Nguyen Luong Son	3.19
Quick code page converter Updated: 19 Jun 2004 A simple tool that converts ANSI string to Unicode using a code page you select. VC6, Windows, Dev	valdok	3.17
North American Phone Number Format Provider (iFormatProvider Implementation) Updated: 15 Jun 2009 Implementation of IFormatProvider interface allowing to format "dirty-data" phone numbers into uniformed string C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Dev, Design, SysAdmin	kdmitry	3.00
CString To char Conversion method (Warning Free) Updated: 12 Oct 2005 An article on converting CStrings to chars without data loss. VC6, VC7WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	ImmelmanQ	2.82
UTF-8 Encoding and Decoding Updated: 22 Oct 2003 How to Encode and Decode Text to/from UTF-8 VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev	Robert Pittenger	2.70
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Title / Updated	Author	Score
Patricia Trie Template Class Updated: 11 Jul 2007 This article introduces a template class-based approach to construct and query Patricia tries. The article includes source code and a demo application. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, TabletPC, Embedded, Dev	Radu Gruian	4.53
XTokenString - a function to extract tokens from a string Updated: 4 Aug 2005 XTokenString extracts tokens from a string, and returns a CStringArray that contains tokens. A token is defined by specified delimiters; double-quotes may optionally group multiple words into a single token, and an option is provided for handling escaped characters. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev	Hans Dietrich	4.51
Banishing String Literals from XAML Resource References - Unedited Updated: 3 Oct 2009 Introduction Since my initial experimentation with generating project metadata data using T4 (Text Template Transformation Toolkit), there have been several obvious opportunities to expand its scope. One such opportunity has been to use T4 to generate static properties representing XAML keys. This s C++, Windows, GDI	Daniel Vaughan	4.50
A Multiple Substring Search Class: CIVStringSet Updated: 30 Jun 2002 A string array class using MFC or STL that performs very fast multiple string searches VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev	Scot Brennecke	4.40
Find and Replace with Regular Expressions Updated: 6 Apr 2007 An article on using regular expressions to implement Find and Replace functionality C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev	Kishore Ramakrishnan	3.86
A Tiny Variable String Splitter - Unedited Updated: 25 Jan 2008 Tokenize and access string contents using a format mask C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), C++/CLI, C	mi-chi	3.84
String Replace and File Handling library Updated: 8 Jan 2008 Library which contains code for replacing some of the Text in files based on conditions and handling the files by reading and writing strings from or to the file by recursively browsing the folder. C# 2.0.NET 2.0, WinXP, VistaVS2005, Dev	Sivastyle	3.80
CleanR - Text file string search and replace engine. Updated: 1 Jul 2003 An engine to allow you to search for strings in text files and replace them. VC6, Windows, Dev	Kamal Shankar	3.50


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