Cinchoo – String.ExpandProperties(), Part 2

Here I’ll show you how you can mix expressions and properties together and resolving the input string.

ExpandProperties will do the expression evaluation along with property replacement in a string. Please see the below samples on how to use it. Expressions are given with { and } delimiters.

How to use

1. Add reference to Cinchoo.Core.dll assembly

2. Namespace System

Sample:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Output of %%PROCESSOR_COUNT%% : {%PROCESSOR_COUNT% * 2}".ExpandProperties());
    Console.WriteLine("Output of {{%%TICK_COUNT%% / (60 * 60)}} : {%TICK_COUNT% / (60 * 60)}".ExpandProperties());
    Console.WriteLine(@"Output of {{'%%SYSTEM_DIRECTORY%%' + '\Logs'}} : {'%SYSTEM_DIRECTORY%' + '\Logs'}".ExpandProperties());
}

In the above sample code, all the properties are resolved before expressions evaluated.

When you run the above code, the output will be

Output of PROCESSOR_COUNT : 4
Output of {TICK_COUNT / (60 * 60)} : -393593
Output of {'SYSTEM_DIRECTORY' + '\Logs'} : C:\WINNT\system32\Logs

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Try it out! Happy coding!!!