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Kiang Teng
Kiang Teng

Reputation: 1705

Include "\" in a C# string

I'm trying to set the value of a string to something that has a \ in it, but cannot do so as they say I have an unrecognized escape sequence. Is it possible to write \ in a string?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 6628

Answers (6)

user372724
user372724

Reputation:

All the above answers are right. I want to include one more way of doing the same i.e. by using a unicode character. e.g. the \u005c represents "\"

hence "hello \u005c world"; will give the output as hello \ world

All the below will give the same result

string test1 = "hello \\ world";
string test2 = @"hello \ world";
string test3 = "hello \u005c world";

For a list of unicode character set visit this site

Thanks

Upvotes: 3

Corey
Corey

Reputation: 1195

Alternatively, you can prefix the string with @, which will tell the compiler to interpret the string literally.

string str = @"i am using \ in a string";

Upvotes: 1

Adam Spicer
Adam Spicer

Reputation: 2721

You must escape it... if you are using a regular string you must double the slash "hello\\world" or if you want it as a literal you can use @"hello\world"

Upvotes: 5

user406905
user406905

Reputation: 1418

like others have pointed out, use double slash "\\"

OR you can change your string to a string literal, and not have to update your slashes...

eg

string a = @"some s\tring wi\th slashes";

Upvotes: 1

Gintautas Miliauskas
Gintautas Miliauskas

Reputation: 7892

Yes, use "\\".

For an explanation and a list of possible escape symbols, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228362.aspx .

Upvotes: 0

user142162
user142162

Reputation:

Yes, just change the \ to a \\.

You can read more about Escape Sequences here.

Upvotes: 3

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