Skip to content

Commit 8d82ab9

Browse files
committed
Added documentation for new rule CA1847 - Use string.Contains(char) whenever possible
1 parent 628c1e2 commit 8d82ab9

File tree

4 files changed

+78
-0
lines changed

4 files changed

+78
-0
lines changed
+74
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
1+
---
2+
title: "CA1847: Use char literal for a single character lookup"
3+
description: "Use string.Contains(char) instead of string.Contains(string) when searching for a single character"
4+
ms.date: 03/03/2021
5+
ms.topic: reference
6+
f1_keywords:
7+
- "CA1847"
8+
helpviewer_keywords:
9+
- "CA1847"
10+
author: MeikTranel
11+
dev_langs:
12+
- CSharp
13+
- VB
14+
---
15+
16+
# CA1847: Use string.Contains(char) instead of string.Contains(string) with single characters
17+
18+
| | Value |
19+
|-|-|
20+
| **Rule ID** |CA1847|
21+
| **Category** |[Performance](performance-warnings.md)|
22+
| **Fix is breaking or non-breaking** |Non-breaking|
23+
24+
## Cause
25+
26+
`string.Contains(string)` is used when `string.Contains(char)` was available.
27+
28+
## Rule description
29+
30+
When searching for a single character, using `string.Contains(char)` offers better performance than `string.Contains(string)`.
31+
32+
## How to fix violations
33+
34+
In general, the rule is fixed simply by using a char literal instead of a string literal.
35+
36+
```csharp
37+
public bool ContainsLetterI()
38+
{
39+
var testString = "I am a test string.";
40+
return testString.Contains("I");
41+
}
42+
```
43+
44+
```vb
45+
Public Function ContainsLetterI() As Boolean
46+
Dim testString As String = "I am a test string."
47+
Return testString.Contains("I")
48+
End Function
49+
```
50+
51+
This code can be changed to use a char literal instead.
52+
53+
```csharp
54+
public bool ContainsLetterI()
55+
{
56+
var testString = "I am a test string.";
57+
return testString.Contains('I');
58+
}
59+
```
60+
61+
```vb
62+
Public Function ContainsLetterI() As Boolean
63+
Dim testString As String = "I am a test string."
64+
Return testString.Contains("I"c)
65+
End Function
66+
```
67+
68+
## When to suppress warnings
69+
70+
Suppress a violation of this rule if you're not concerned about the performance impact of the search invocation in question.
71+
72+
## See also
73+
74+
- [Performance rules](performance-warnings.md)

Diff for: docs/fundamentals/code-analysis/quality-rules/index.md

+1
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ The following table lists code quality analysis rules.
132132
> | [CA1841: Prefer Dictionary Contains methods](ca1841.md) | Calling `Contains` on the `Keys` or `Values` collection may often be more expensive than calling `ContainsKey` or `ContainsValue` on the dictionary itself. |
133133
> | [CA1845: Use span-based 'string.Concat'](ca1845.md) | It is more efficient to use `AsSpan` and `string.Concat`, instead of `Substring` and a concatenation operator. |
134134
> | [CA1846: Prefer `AsSpan` over `Substring`](ca1846.md) | `AsSpan` is more efficient than `Substring`. `Substring` performs an O(n) string copy, while `AsSpan` does not and has a constant cost. `AsSpan` also does not perform any heap allocations. |
135+
> | [CA1847: Use char literal for a single character lookup](ca1847.md) | Use `string.Contains(char)` instead of `string.Contains(string)` when searching for a single character. |
135136
> | [CA2000: Dispose objects before losing scope](ca2000.md) | Because an exceptional event might occur that will prevent the finalizer of an object from running, the object should be explicitly disposed before all references to it are out of scope. |
136137
> |[CA2002: Do not lock on objects with weak identity](ca2002.md) |An object is said to have a weak identity when it can be directly accessed across application domain boundaries. A thread that tries to acquire a lock on an object that has a weak identity can be blocked by a second thread in a different application domain that has a lock on the same object. |
137138
> | [CA2007: Do not directly await a Task](ca2007.md) | An asynchronous method [awaits](../../../csharp/language-reference/operators/await.md) a <xref:System.Threading.Tasks.Task> directly. When an asynchronous method awaits a <xref:System.Threading.Tasks.Task> directly, continuation occurs in the same thread that created the task. This behavior can be costly in terms of performance and can result in a deadlock on the UI thread. Consider calling <xref:System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ConfigureAwait(System.Boolean)?displayProperty=nameWithType> to signal your intention for continuation. |

Diff for: docs/fundamentals/code-analysis/quality-rules/performance-warnings.md

+1
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -52,3 +52,4 @@ Performance rules support high-performance libraries and applications.
5252
| [CA1841: Prefer Dictionary Contains methods](ca1841.md) | Calling `Contains` on the `Keys` or `Values` collection may often be more expensive than calling `ContainsKey` or `ContainsValue` on the dictionary itself. |
5353
| [CA1845: Use span-based 'string.Concat'](ca1845.md) | It is more efficient to use `AsSpan` and `string.Concat`, instead of `Substring` and a concatenation operator. |
5454
| [CA1846: Prefer `AsSpan` over `Substring`](ca1846.md) | `AsSpan` is more efficient than `Substring`. `Substring` performs an O(n) string copy, while `AsSpan` does not and has a constant cost. `AsSpan` also does not perform any heap allocations. |
55+
| [CA1847: Use char literal for a single character lookup](ca1847.md) | Use `string.Contains(char)` instead of `string.Contains(string)` when searching for a single character. |

Diff for: docs/fundamentals/toc.yml

+2
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -908,6 +908,8 @@ items:
908908
href: code-analysis/quality-rules/ca1845.md
909909
- name: CA1846
910910
href: code-analysis/quality-rules/ca1846.md
911+
- name: CA1847
912+
href: code-analysis/quality-rules/ca1847.md
911913
- name: SingleFile rules
912914
items:
913915
- name: Overview

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)