c# - How to find a substring in a StringBuilder

c# example - find a substring in stringbuilder
The following asp.net c# example code demonstrate us how can we find a substring within a StringBuilder object programmatically at run time in an asp.net application. We can explain the tutorial as 'how can we determine a StringBuilder object contains a specified substring'.

.Net framework's StringBuilder Class represent a mutable string of characters. StringBuilder Class does not have any method or property to find a substring from it. So, we need to take help from .net framework's String Class. We can convert a StringBuilder object's value to a System.String object by using StringBuilder.ToString() method.

String Class String.Contains() method return a value indicating whether a specified substring occurs within this string. String.Contains() method require to pass a parameter named 'value' which value data type is Sysetm.String and represent the substring to seek/find/search from instance.

String.Contains() method return a Boolean value. It return 'true' if the specified substring occurs (found) within this string or parameter pass an empty string; otherwise it return 'false'.

This is the very simple way to find a substring within the StringBuilder object's sequence of characters.
find-a-substring-in-stringbuilder 

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true"%>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.IO" %>
  
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    protected void Button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)  
    {
        StringBuilder stringb = new StringBuilder();
        stringb.Append("Snowy Owl.");
        stringb.AppendLine();

        stringb.Append("Tawny Owl.");
        stringb.AppendLine();

        stringb.Append("Jamaican Owl.");
        stringb.AppendLine();

        //this line find substring in stringbuilder.
        Boolean result = stringb.ToString().Contains("Cave Swiftlet");
        
        //this is a technique to find substring in stringbuilder.
        Boolean result2 = stringb.ToString().Contains("Tawny Owl");

        Label1.Text = stringb.ToString();
        Label1.Text += "<br /><br />stringbuilder contains('Cave Swiftlet'): " + result.ToString();
        Label1.Text += "<br />stringbuilder contains('Tawny Owl'): " + result2.ToString();
    }  
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