C#

String.Format("--{0,10}--", "test");
    prints as: --      test-- 
String.Format("--{0,-10}--", "test"); 
    prints as: --test      --

public class Student
{
        public string FirstName { get; set; }
        public string LastName { get; set; }
        public int Age { get; set; }
        public string Gender { get; set; }
        public int StudentNo { get; set; }
        public int Mobile { get; set; }
}

void Serialize(string file, List<Student> students)
{
    XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(students.GetType());
    using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(file, FileMode.Create))
    {
        xs.Serialize(fs, students);
    }
}

List<Student> Deserialize(string file)
{
    XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<Student>));
    object obj = null;
    using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(file, FileMode.Open))
    {
        obj = xs.Deserialize(fs);
    }
    return (List<Student>)obj;
}

Student student1 = new Student();
student1.FirstName = "First";
student1.LastName = "Student";
Student student2 = new Student();
student2.FirstName = "Second";
student2.LastName = "Student";
// set required properties of student

List<Student> students = new List<Student>();
students.Add(student1);
students.Add(student2);

// Write to file
Serialize("c:\\some.xml", students);

PIEBALDconsult wrote:

Serialization was designed for other purposes;

First Name|Last Name|Age|Gender|Student No.|Mobile
Morgan|Simwaba|21|Male|MB6709|074-372-****

class test3
{
private string[] strArray;
internal test3() {
    strArray = {"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun",
                "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"};
}
}

Shameel wrote:

The compiler automatically provides one during compilation.

BobInNJ wrote:

it does not.
This does not make any sense to me. Is there a reason for it?

BobInNJ wrote:

I am in the process of learning C sharp. Background is in C++ with some Java.