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- Hi Hans thanks for the reply, the reason I chose a string was because the data was in a string format from the remote site. So if I understand you correctly, no more than 4 fields and less than 16 bytes. (Not mentioned in book i'm reading), will be ok for structs, anything bigger will be a class.George Phillipson– George Phillipson2013-06-15 18:00:31 +00:00Commented Jun 15, 2013 at 18:00
- 1You are going to have to convert those strings sooner or later. Sooner is always better. Not in the least because only the code that talks to the web service would have a decent shot at knowing how the string is encoded.Hans Passant– Hans Passant2013-06-15 18:04:38 +00:00Commented Jun 15, 2013 at 18:04
- Hi Hans true, hopefully going to college in September for HND in computing (Adult Student), books can only teach you so much. I think I learn more reading info on sites like this and posting questions than I do reading books.George Phillipson– George Phillipson2013-06-15 21:30:15 +00:00Commented Jun 15, 2013 at 21:30
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