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The Modern C# Challenge

You're reading from   The Modern C# Challenge Become an expert C# programmer by solving interesting programming problems

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Product type Book
Published in Oct 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789535426
Pages 362 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rod Stephens Rod Stephens
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
1. Mathematics FREE CHAPTER 2. Geometry 3. Dates and Times 4. Randomization 5. Strings 6. Files and Directories 7. Advanced C# and .NET Features 8. Simulations 9. Cryptography 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Problems


Use the following problems to test your skills at working with files and directories. Give each problem a try before you turn to the solutions and download the example programs.

64. Removing blank lines

Write a method that removes the blank lines from a file and returns the number of blank and nonblank lines in the original file. Write a program to test your method.

 

65. Directory size

Add an extension method to the DirectoryInfo class that returns the total size of the directory's files. Give the method an optional parameter indicating whether the method should include subdirectories. Write a program that uses your method to display a directory's size in bytes and file units, as in 24.1 KB.

66. Finding duplicate files

Write a program that searches a directory for duplicate files and displays any duplicates within the same branches of a TreeView control, as shown in the following screenshot:

67. Thumbnails

Write a MakeThumbnail method that creates a thumbnail bitmap for an image file. Give...

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