Miscellaneous

Timing execution

DateTime startTime = DateTime.Now;

// Perform a task, for example
Scenario scenario = Toolbox.CalculateEnergy();

// Find the elapsed time in seconds (other units available)
double elapsedSeconds = (DateTime.Now - startTime).TotalSeconds;

Convert Formats

C# Recommends using the functions available in Convert to covert between data formats. There are functions for all data type conversions possible.

// Reading an EPSG code from Excel, converting it to unsigned integer (uint)
// and getting the corresponding projection.
var epsgFromExcel =
    Toolbox.ReadRangeFromExcel
        (@"MyExcelFile.xlsx", 
        "Sheet1", 
        "A1");

uint epsgCode = Convert.ToUInt32(epsgFromExcel.First());
Projection projection = Toolbox.GetProjectionFromEpsgCode(epsgCode);

// Converting a string to double
string str = "5.5";
double dbl = Convert.ToDouble(str);

// Converting back to string, all objects have a ToString() method that can be called.
dbl = dbl + 7.1;
string st2 = dbl.ToString();

// Nevertheless, Convert also has a convertion to string.
string str3 = Convert.ToString(dbl);