Convert String To camelCase from TitleCase C#

Question

I have a string that I converted to a TextInfo.ToTitleCase and removed the underscores and joined the string together. Now I need to change the first and only the first charact

Answer 1

Strings are immutable, but we can use unsafe code to make it mutable though. The string.Copy insured that the original string stays as is.

In order for these codes to run you have to allow unsafe code in your project.

        public static unsafe string ToCamelCase(this string value)
        {
            if (value == null || value.Length == 0)
            {
                return value;
            }

            string result = string.Copy(value);

            fixed (char* chr = result)
            {
                char valueChar = *chr;
                *chr = char.ToLowerInvariant(valueChar);
            }

            return result;
        }

This version modifies the original string, instead of returning a modified copy. This will be annoying though and totally uncommon. So make sure the XML comments are warning users about that.

        public static unsafe void ToCamelCase(this string value)
        {
            if (value == null || value.Length == 0)
            {
                return value;
            }

            fixed (char* chr = value)
            {
                char valueChar = *chr;
                *chr = char.ToLowerInvariant(valueChar);
            }

            return value;
        }

Why use unsafe code though? Short answer... It's super fast.