Alefair.Extended.Methods 1.0.12

dotnet add package Alefair.Extended.Methods --version 1.0.12
NuGet\Install-Package Alefair.Extended.Methods -Version 1.0.12
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paket add Alefair.Extended.Methods --version 1.0.12
#r "nuget: Alefair.Extended.Methods, 1.0.12"
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// Install Alefair.Extended.Methods as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=Alefair.Extended.Methods&version=1.0.12

// Install Alefair.Extended.Methods as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=Alefair.Extended.Methods&version=1.0.12

Alefair.Extended.Methods

Extended Methods powered by Alefair

Current version 1.0.12

nuget on https://www.nuget.org


class StringExtended

  • Like
  • ContainsInList
  • ToDouble
  • ToDoubleStr
  • ToDecimal
  • ToDecimalStr
  • GetSimilarity
  • DictToString
  • DictToJson
  • DateParse
  • Capitalize
  • ToFile
  • Names

class DataExtended (added 1.0.5)

  • ReadCSV
  • WriteCSV
  • AppendCSV

class ProcessExtended (added 1.0.6)

  • GetPid
  • Kill
  • GetWinHandle
  • GetMainWinHandle
  • GetWinTitle
  • GetProcess

class MailExtended (added 1.0.12) use Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook

  • ReadDataFromMsg
  • GetAttachmentsFromMsg

class StringExtended


Like
/// <summary>
/// "String".Like("*ring*") -> true
/// </summary>
/// <param name="toSearch"></param>
/// <param name="toFind"></param>
/// <param name="RegOptions"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool Like(this string toSearch, string toFind, RegexOptions RegOptions = RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)

"123 456 789".Like("456") - > true
"123 456 789".Like("^456") -> false


ContainsInList
/// <summary>
/// "Hello, world!".ContainsInList(new List(){"world", "peace", "men"}) -> true
/// </summary>
/// <param name="toSearch"></param>
/// <param name="currentList"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool ContainsInList(this string toSearch, List<string> currentList = default(List<string>))

"123 456 789".ContainsInList({"asd", "456", "ghj"})  - > true
"123 456 789".ContainsInList({"asd", "^456", "ghj"}) - > false


ToDouble
/// <summary>
/// "0,13".ToDouble() -> 0.13
/// "0,13".ToDouble(3) -> 0.130
/// </summary>
/// <param name="cdblString"></param>
/// <param name="Count"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static double ToDouble(this string cdblString, int Count = -1)

"123 456 789".ToDouble()         -> 123456789
"123 456 789.123456".ToDouble(2) -> 12346789.12


ToDoubleStr
/// <summary>
/// "0,13".ToDoubleStr() -> "0.13"
/// "0,13".ToDoubleStr("#.###") -> "0.130"
/// </summary>
/// <param name="cdblString"></param>
/// <param name="StringFormat"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string ToDoubleStr(this string cdblString, string StringFormat = "*")

"123 456 789".ToDoubleStr()               -> "123456789"
"123 456 789.123456".ToDoubleStr("#.###") -> "123456789.123"


ToDecimal
/// <summary>
/// "0,13".ToDecimal() -> 0.13
/// "0,13".ToDecimal(3) -> 0.130
/// </summary>
/// <param name="decString"></param>
/// <param name="Count"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static decimal ToDecimal(this string decString, int Count = -1)

"123 456 789".ToDecimal()         -> 123456789
"123 456 789.123456".ToDecimal(2) -> 12346789.12


ToDecimalStr
/// <summary>
/// "0,13".ToDecimalStr() -> "0.13"
/// "0,13".ToDecimalStr("#.###") -> "0.130"
/// </summary>
/// <param name="decString"></param>
/// <param name="StringFormat"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string ToDecimalStr(this string decString, string StringFormat = "*")

"123 456 789".ToDecimalStr()               -> "123456789"
"123 456 789.123456".ToDecimalStr("#.###") -> "123456789.123"


GetSimilarity
/// <summary>
/// "hello, world".GetSimilarity("hello,men") -> 0.58 is percent accuracy
/// </summary>
/// <param name="toSearch"></param>
/// <param name="toFind"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Single GetSimilarity(this string toSearch, string toFind)

"123 456 789".GetSimilarity("123456 789") -> 0.9090909 - 91% accuracy
"123 456 789".GetSimilarity("123456789")  -> 0.8181818 - 82% accuracy


DictToString
/// <summary>
/// dict.DictToString() -> {"4"="a","5"="b"}
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TKey"></typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="TValue"></typeparam>
/// <param name="dictionary"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"></exception>
public static string DictToString<TKey, TValue>(this IDictionary<TKey, TValue> dictionary)

(new Dictionary<string, object>() {{"a","1"}, {"b", 1}}).DictToString ->  "{\"a\"=\"1\",\"b\"=\"1\"}"


DictToJson
/// <summary>
/// dict.DictToJson() -> {4:"a", 5:"b"}
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TKey"></typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="TValue"></typeparam>
/// <param name="dictionary"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"></exception>
public static JObject DictToJson<TKey, TValue>(this IDictionary<TKey, TValue> dictionary)

(new Dictionary<string, object>() {{"a","1"}, {"b", 1}}).DictToJson ->  {"a":"1","b"=1}


DateParse
/// <summary>
/// "10.07.2022".DateParse() -> 07/10/2022 00:00:00
/// </summary>
/// <param name="date"></param>
/// <param name="listFormat"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static DateTime DateParse(this string date, string[] listFormat = null)

"10.07.2022".DateParse()                                     -> 07/10/2022 00:00:00
"7/10/22".DateParse({"M/dd/yy", "dd.MM.yyyy", "MM/dd/yyyy"}) -> 07/10/2022 00:00:00

Capitalize
/// <summary>
/// 
/// </summary>
/// <param name="s"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string Capitalize(this string s)

"this text".Capitalize() -> "This text"

ToFile
/// <summary>
/// 
/// </summary>
/// <param name="Text"></param>
/// <param name="Path"></param>
/// <param name="Operation"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool ToFile(this string Text, string Path, FileOperation Operation = FileOperation.Append)

"this text".ToFile("C:\test.txt") -> true

Names
/// <summary>
/// 
/// </summary>
/// <param name="Columns"></param>
/// <param name="Separator"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string Names(this DataColumnCollection Columns, string Separator = ";")

DataTable dt = new DataTable();
dt.Columns.Add("Test");
dt.Columns.Add("Tes2");
dt.Columns.Add("Tes3");

dt.Columns.Names -> "Test;Test2;Test3"

class DataExtended


ReadCSV
/// <summary>
/// 
/// </summary>
/// <param name="FilePath"></param>
/// <param name="DelimiterType"></param>
/// <param name="Encoding"></param>
/// <param name="HasHeaders"></param>
/// <param name="IgnoreQuotes"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentException"></exception>
public static DataTable ReadCSV(string FilePath, Delimiter Delimiter = Delimiter.Semicolon, string Encoding = "", bool HasHeaders = false, bool IgnoreQuotes = false)
   
sFileName = "C:\Temp\test.csv";

dt = ReadCSV(sFileName);

-> dt as DataTable


WriteCSV
/// <summary>
/// 
/// </summary>
/// <param name="FilePath"></param>
/// <param name="data"></param>
/// <param name="DelimiterType"></param>
/// <param name="Encoding"></param>
/// <param name="HasHeaders"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool WriteCSV(string FilePath, DataTable data, Delimiter DelimiterType = Delimiter.Semicolon, string Encoding = "", bool HasHeaders = false)

sFileName = "C:\Temp\test.csv";

WriteCSV(sFileName);

-> file csv


AppendCSV
/// <summary>
/// 
/// </summary>
/// <param name="FilePath"></param>
/// <param name="data"></param>
/// <param name="DelimiterType"></param>
/// <param name="Encoding"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool AppendCSV(string FilePath, DataTable data, Delimiter DelimiterType = Delimiter.Semicolon, string Encoding = "")

sFileName = "C:\Temp\test.csv";

AppendCSV(sFileName);

-> file csv


class ProcessExtended


GetPid
/// <summary>
/// 
/// </summary>
/// <param name="processname"></param>
/// <param name="title"></param>
/// <param name="handle"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static int GetPid(this string processname, string title = "", IntPtr? handle = null)
   
iPID = "notepad".GetPid()
-> 12456

iPID = "notepad".GetPid("unti*")
-> 12456

iPID = "notepad".GetPid("", 78451689)
-> 12456


Kill
/// <summary>
/// 
/// </summary>
/// <param name="processname"></param>
/// <param name="title"></param>
/// <param name="pid"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
/// <exception cref="ApplicationException"></exception>
public static bool Kill(this string processname, string title = "", int pid = -1)
   
"notepad".Kill()
-> true

"notepad".Kill("untit*")
-> true

"notepad".Kill("", 12456)
-> true


GetWinHandle
/// <summary>
/// 
/// </summary>
/// <param name="processname"></param>
/// <param name="title"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static IntPtr GetWinHandle(this string processname, string title = "")
   
hwnd = "notepad".GetWinHandle()
-> 78451689

hwnd = "notepad".GetWinHandle("untit*")
-> 78451689


GetMainWinHandle
/// <summary>
/// 
/// </summary>
/// <param name="processname"></param>
/// <param name="title"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static IntPtr GetMainWinHandle(this string processname, string title = "")
   
hwnd = "notepad".GetMainWinHandle()
-> 78451689

hwnd = "notepad".GetMainWinHandle("untit*")
-> 78451689


GetWinTitle
/// <summary>
/// 
/// </summary>
/// <param name="processname"></param>
/// <param name="pid"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string GetWinTitle(this string processname, int pid = -1)
   
sTitle = "notepad".GetWinTitle()
-> "Untitled - Notepad"

sTitle = "notepad".GetWinTitle(12456)
-> "Untitled - Notepad"


GetProcess
/// <summary>
/// 
/// </summary>
/// <param name="processname"></param>
/// <param name="title"></param>
/// <param name="pid"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Process GetProcess(this string processname, string title = "", int pid = -1)
   
sTitle = "notepad".GetProcess()
-> Process <Notepad.exe, "Untitled - Notepad">

sTitle = "notepad".GetProcess("untitl*")
-> Process <Notepad.exe, "Untitled - Notepad">

sTitle = "notepad".GetProcess("", 12456)
-> Process <Notepad.exe, "Untitled - Notepad">


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1.0.12 328 12/28/2022
1.0.6 421 9/20/2022
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1.0.4 650 9/18/2022
1.0.3 384 9/8/2022
1.0.1 396 8/20/2022