how-to-create-strings-using-a-stringbuilder.md

title	How to: Create Strings Using a StringBuilder in Visual Basic
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How to: Create Strings Using a StringBuilder in Visual Basic

This example constructs a long string from many smaller strings using the xref:System.Text.StringBuilder class. The xref:System.Text.StringBuilder class is more efficient than the &= operator for concatenating many strings.

Example

The following example creates an instance of the xref:System.Text.StringBuilder class, appends 1,000 strings to that instance, and then returns its string representation.

[!code-vbVbVbalrStrings#70]

See Also

Using the StringBuilder Class
&= Operator
Strings
Creating New Strings
Manipulating Strings
Strings Sample