1 00:00:00,510 --> 00:00:01,520 Hello and welcome. 2 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:08,100 In this lecture we are going to be looking at the streaming data type we've already used the string 3 00:00:08,100 --> 00:00:16,590 data type in are some of our previous lectures for this course is string data type. 4 00:00:16,590 --> 00:00:27,330 Basically it's a sequence of alpha numeric characters are far numeric meaning it contains numbers and 5 00:00:27,540 --> 00:00:29,220 letters. 6 00:00:29,250 --> 00:00:36,690 Let's head over to visual studio where we can look at some of the examples we where we have use the 7 00:00:36,690 --> 00:00:40,030 string data type. 8 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:43,820 So this is our sample web app. 9 00:00:43,900 --> 00:00:51,540 And as you can see here we've used the data type here to declare this variable whenever you declaring 10 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:52,400 a variable. 11 00:00:52,410 --> 00:00:56,340 You need to specify the type before you declare the variable. 12 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:05,370 And here we've use the string string basically collection of alpha numeric so a string can contain both 13 00:01:05,430 --> 00:01:08,370 text and numbers. 14 00:01:08,370 --> 00:01:12,020 In this instance we've just got it contained in text boy. 15 00:01:12,030 --> 00:01:20,260 It is possible to have strings mixed with numbers so the string data type. 16 00:01:20,310 --> 00:01:28,390 It's a popular data type that is used frequently within the C sharp programming language. 17 00:01:28,470 --> 00:01:35,850 So just bear in mind that wherever you see string or you hear the word string a store is referring to 18 00:01:35,970 --> 00:01:39,030 alpha numeric characters. 19 00:01:39,030 --> 00:01:48,050 So basically that's what a string is a collection of alpha numeric characters set. 20 00:01:48,060 --> 00:01:49,590 Thanks for watching. 21 00:01:49,590 --> 00:01:50,360 Bye for now.