CodeIdentifier.MakeValid(String) Method
Definition
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Produces a valid code entity name from an input string.
This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
public:
static System::String ^ MakeValid(System::String ^ identifier);public static string MakeValid (string identifier);static member MakeValid : string -> stringPublic Shared Function MakeValid (identifier As String) As StringParameters
- identifier
- String
The name of a code entity, such as a method parameter, typically taken from an XML element or attribute name.
Returns
A string that can be used as a code identifier, such as the name of a method parameter.
Remarks
The MakeValid method removes any characters that cannot appear in a code identifier. It returns the string "Item" if no characters are valid. It prefixes the string "Item" to an input that begins with an invalid start character, for example, a digit, or a currency symbol.
You do not need to call this method directly.
