C#

using System;

namespace MyApp
{
    public struct MyString : 
        IComparable, IComparable<MyString>,
        IEquatable<MyString>
    {
        // Member Variable
        private string m_Value;

        // Constructor
        public MyString(string value)
        {
            m_Value = value;
        }

        // Implicit Conversions
        public static implicit operator MyString(string value)
        {
            return new MyString(value);
        }
        public static implicit operator string(MyString value)
        {
            return value.m_Value;
        }

        // Operator Overloads
        public static MyString operator &(MyString myStringA, MyString myStringB)
        {
            MyString rtn = new MyString();
            // Do your stuff here
            return rtn;
        }

        // ToString Methods
        public override string ToString()
        {
            return m_Value;
        }

        // CompareTo Methods
        public int CompareTo(object value)
        {
            int rtn = -1;
            if (value is MyString)
            {
                MyString compareToValue = (MyString)value;
                rtn = CompareTo(compareToValue);
            }
            return rtn;
        }
        public int CompareTo(MyString value)
        {
            return m_Value.CompareTo(value.m_Value);
        }

        // Equals Methods
        public bool Equals(MyString obj)
        {
            return Equals(obj);
        }
    }
}

byte[] str1Bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("abc");
byte[] str2Bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("xyz");

if (str1Bytes.Length != str2Bytes.Length)
    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("two strings must be the same length");

for (int i = 0; i < str1Bytes.Length; i++)
    str1Bytes[i] = (byte)(str1Bytes[i] & str2Bytes[i]);

string resultString = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(str1Bytes);

netJP12L wrote:

What if I am done using 100 Button objects wouldn't they perserve their space in memory

aButton.Dispose();
aButton = null;

"C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents" rather than "C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents"

"C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop" rather than "C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Desktop"

public string 
ToString
(
    string Format
)            
{
    return "{" + highID.ToString ( Format ) + "." + lowID.ToString ( Format ) + "}" ;
}

public struct IITObjectPersistentID
{
    public int highID;
    public int lowID;

    public IITObjectPersistentID(int HighID, int LowID)
    {
        highID = HighID;
        lowID = LowID;
    }

    public override string ToString()
    {
        return "{" + highID.ToString() + "." + lowID.ToString() + "}";
    }

    public string ToString(string Format)
    {
        return "{" + highID.ToString(Format) + "." + lowID.ToString(Format) + "}";
    }
}

public override string ToString() 
{
    return ToString(string.Empty);
}
public string ToString(string format)
{
    return "{" + highID.ToString(format) + "." + lowID.ToString(format) + "}";
}