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Alexander
Alexander

Reputation: 313

Adding Double Quotes removes \ from the string

I am trying trying to add double quotes around a string but when ever I do it removes the first \from the string.

I know I can add double quotes directly inside the string but I want to know why this method is not working.

Code

string SFilename = "\\FilePath";
SFilename = "\"" + SFilename + "\"";
Console.WriteLine(SFilename);

Output

"\FilePath"

Upvotes: 2

Views: 136

Answers (3)

Sujeet Sinha
Sujeet Sinha

Reputation: 2433

\ is an escape sequence. You can either use \\ to add a single \ or surround the string with @ to declare it as verbatim.

string SFilename = @"\\FilePath";
SFilename = "\"" + SFilename + "\"";
Console.WriteLine(SFilename);

Upvotes: 2

Yannick Mickler
Yannick Mickler

Reputation: 39

You could use a const string and @:

const string quote = @"""";
string SFilename = @"\\FilePath";
SFilename = quote + SFilename + quote;
Console.WriteLine(SFilename);

Upvotes: 1

Michael Faisst
Michael Faisst

Reputation: 607

Thats because the you escape on of your \ in the original string. You need to write:

string SFilename = "\\\\FilePath";

or you could simply use this (would result in the same thing):

string SFilename = @"\\FilePath";

Upvotes: 3

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