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Possible Duplicate: Hidden Features of C#? Hello Everyone, I'm just wondering what little C# tricks that programmers use in their day-to-day work. I have two - One, an overlooked, for me, language ...

About Me: I am new to C#. So i found this code on Microsoft! int a, b, c; a = 7; b = a; c = b++; b = a + b * c; c = a >= 100 ? b : c / 10; //This Line Is Confusing a = (int)Math.Sqrt(b * b + c * c);...

Let's make a list of answers where you post your excellent and favorite extension methods. The requirement is that the full code must be posted and a example and an explanation on how to use it. ...

Ran across this line of code: FormsAuth = formsAuth ?? new FormsAuthenticationWrapper(); What do the two question marks mean, is it some kind of ternary operator? It's hard to look up in Google.

After reading Hidden Features of C# I wondered, What are some of the hidden features of Java?

What "Hidden Features" of JavaScript do you think every programmer should know? After having seen the excellent quality of the answers to the following questions I thought it was time to ask it for ...

In C#, I want to initialize a string value with an empty string. How should I do this? What is the right way, and why? string willi = string.Empty; or string willi = String.Empty; or string willi ...

I collect a few corner cases and brain teasers and would always like to hear more. The page only really covers C# language bits and bobs, but I also find core .NET things interesting too. For example, ...

What are some really useful but esoteric language features in Perl that you've actually been able to employ to do useful work? Guidelines: Try to limit answers to the Perl core and not CPAN Please ...

I'm asking with regards to C#, but I assume it's the same in most other languages. Does anyone have a good definition of expressions and statements and what the differences are?

HTML being the most widely used language (at least as a markup language) has not gotten its due credit. Considering that it has been around for so many years, things like the FORM / INPUT controls ...

I have learned quite a bit browsing through Hidden Features of C# and was surprised when I couldn't find something similar for VB.NET. So what are some of its hidden or lesser known features?

Continuing the "Hidden features of ..." meme, let's share the lesser-known but useful features of Ruby programming language. Try to limit this discussion with core Ruby, without any Ruby on Rails ...

Switch statement fallthrough is one of my personal major reasons for loving switch vs. if/else if constructs. An example is in order here: static string NumberToWords(int number) { string[] ...