CHAPTER 3

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Text Processing

Text processing is a blanket term used to describe any kind of string processing. Checking whether a pair of words are anagrams of each other is one example of text processing. Generating suggestions for an autocomplete or assisted input process is another. Some types of text processing, such as spell-check and correction features, have become so commonplace that software users now expect them to be present in virtually every program they use.

LINQ changes the way developers deal with text because it lets you write intuitive code to solve complex text-processing tasks. In this chapter, you will have a chance to solve ...

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