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Lesson 3 - Data Manipulation - Recap

This document recaps a lesson on data manipulation techniques in programming. It discusses string manipulation, using DataTable operations to modify data, and different data types like scalar values, collections, and tables. Specific methods for manipulating strings and storing data are covered, like splitting strings, concatenating, and using dictionaries to store key-value pairs. Best practices for working with data types and reading/filtering CSV files are also summarized.

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Lesson 3 - Data Manipulation - Recap

This document recaps a lesson on data manipulation techniques in programming. It discusses string manipulation, using DataTable operations to modify data, and different data types like scalar values, collections, and tables. Specific methods for manipulating strings and storing data are covered, like splitting strings, concatenating, and using dictionaries to store key-value pairs. Best practices for working with data types and reading/filtering CSV files are also summarized.

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LESSON 3 – DATA MANIPULATION - RECAP

Overview

You have learnt how to modify the data you are working with using techniques like string manipulation or
DataTable operations.
Takeaways
Activities have properties with predefined types that you can check with a mouse
hover. You don’t necessarily have to know them, you can use Ctrl + K to automatically
create a variable of the required type.

Most of the variables can be split in these categories: scalar, collections and tables.

You can use Generic Value type to store any kind of data, and in many cases you are
able to manipulate them using String methods. Other times, you may need to cast them
to a more specific data type, using methods like ToString and ToInt.

.Arrays and lists are very similar, the main difference being that lists have a
variable size, while an array has a fixed size.

When looking to store key/value pairs or just have a single variable for multiple values
you should use Dictionaries

By typing “dot” after a String variable, Intellisense shows you a list of available methods of
the String data type

Use String’s Split method you can get the pieces of a string separated by a given
set of characters

Strings can be concatenated by using the “+” sign, but for more complex cases you
should use the String Format method.
Best practices

All data types have a default ToString method

Visual Basic provides Now, a DateTime with the current timestamp

When using Read CSV make sure you check the property IncludeColumnNames if you
want the first row to be treated as column names.

You can filter table rows by using the Select method.

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