# StringView > Structure that holds a view on a string, with a specified range of [startIndex, endIndex[. ## Definition * **Type:** Struct * **Namespace:** [UnityEditor.Search](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search.md) * **Assembly:** UnityEditor * **Implements:** [IEnumerable\](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.ienumerable-1), [IEnumerable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.collections.ienumerable), [IEquatable\](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.iequatable-1) ```csharp public readonly struct StringView : IEnumerable, IEnumerable, IEquatable ``` ## Remarks A [StringView](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview.md) contains only a reference to the original string, a start and an end index. It can be used to quickly create substrings or do any other operations that would return a contiguous subset of the original string, without actually copying the data. ## Static Fields | Value | Description | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [empty](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/empty.md) | An empty [StringView](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview.md). | | [nil](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/nil.md) | A null [StringView](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview.md). | ## Constructors | Constructor | Description | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [StringView(System.String)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/ctor.md#stringview\(string\)) | Constructs a [StringView](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview.md) over an entire string. | | [StringView(System.String,System.Int32)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/ctor.md#stringview\(string-int\)) | Constructs a [StringView](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview.md) from a string, starting at index **startIndex**. | | [StringView(System.String,System.Int32,System.Int32)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/ctor.md#stringview\(string-int-int\)) | Constructs a [StringView](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview.md) from a string, starting at index **startIndex** and ending at, but not including, index **endIndex**. | ## Properties | Property | Description | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [baseString](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/basestring.md) | The base string which this [StringView](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview.md) references. | | [endIndex](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/endindex.md) | The end index. | | [this\[\]](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/item.md) | Gets the character at a specified position in the current [StringView](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview.md). | | [length](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/length.md) | The length of this [StringView](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview.md). | | [startIndex](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/startindex.md) | The start index. | | [valid](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/valid.md) | Boolean indicating if the [StringView](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview.md) is valid. | ## Methods | Method | Description | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [Contains](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/contains.md) | Checks if a character is contained in the [StringView](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview.md). | | [EndsWith](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/endswith.md) | Checks if the [StringView](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview.md) ends with the character **c**. | | [Equals](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/equals.md) | Checks if the [StringView](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview.md) is equal to the object. | | [GetEnumerator](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/getenumerator.md) | Gets a character enumerator over this [StringView](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview.md). | | [GetHashCode](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/gethashcode.md) | Gets the hashcode of this [StringView](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview.md). | | [IndexOf](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/indexof.md) | Returns the index of the first occurence of another [StringView](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview.md) within this one. | | [LastIndexOf](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/lastindexof.md) | Returns the index of the last occurence of another [StringView](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview.md) within this one. | | [StartsWith](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/startswith.md) | Checks if the [StringView](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview.md) starts with the character **c**. | | [Substring](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/substring.md) | Returns a substring of the current [StringView](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview.md), starting at index **start** and until the end of the [StringView](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview.md). | | [ToString](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/tostring.md) | Converts the current [StringView](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview.md) into a string. | | [Trim](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/trim.md) | Returns a new [StringView](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview.md) in which all leading and trailing occurrences of a set of specified characters from the current [StringView](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview.md) are removed. | ## Operators | Operator | Description | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | | [operator ==](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/op-equality.md) | The equals operator. | | [operator !=](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityeditor/search/stringview/op-inequality.md) | The not equals operator. |