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C# CODE EXAMPLE created on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 permalink
How to make StringBuilder have a .Clear() method
During the last decade everytime I wanted to clear a StringBuilder I had to look around for the code to do it (sb.Remove(0,sb.Length)), but if you put this in an extension method, you can simply call sb.Clear() to clear a StringBuilder.
using System;
using System.Text;

namespace TestStringBuil234
{
    public class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            sb.Append("one,");
            sb.Append("two");
            Console.WriteLine("[" + sb.ToString() + "]");
            sb.Clear();
            Console.WriteLine("[" + sb.ToString() + "]");

            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }

    public static class StringHelpers
    {
        public static StringBuilder Clear(this StringBuilder sb)
        {
            return sb.Remove(0, sb.Length);
        }
    }
}
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