CSharp @

[David]

Hi,

I know this isn't a C# group, but its just a quick one.

As a seasoned C++ developer I'm learning C# as I go along. What's the @
symbol for before a string?

eg:

FileInfo myFile = new FileInfo(@"c:\T emp\Test\readme .txt");

Why can't it just be:

FileInfo myFile = new FileInfo("c:\Te mp\Test\readme. txt"); ?

Thanks

David

[David]

Re: CSharp @

S'ok- found out.

Its for treating the '\' marks as '\' marks, not leading characters.

David wrote:

Hi,
>
I know this isn't a C# group, but its just a quick one.
>
As a seasoned C++ developer I'm learning C# as I go along. What's the @
symbol for before a string?
>
eg:
>
FileInfo myFile = new FileInfo(@"c:\T emp\Test\readme .txt");
>
Why can't it just be:
>
FileInfo myFile = new FileInfo("c:\Te mp\Test\readme. txt"); ?
>
Thanks
>
David

[Leon Mayne]

Re: CSharp @

"David" <asd@asd.comwro te in message
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Hi,
>
I know this isn't a C# group, but its just a quick one.
>
As a seasoned C++ developer I'm learning C# as I go along. What's the @
symbol for before a string?
>
eg:
>
FileInfo myFile = new FileInfo(@"c:\T emp\Test\readme .txt");
>
Why can't it just be:
>
FileInfo myFile = new FileInfo("c:\Te mp\Test\readme. txt"); ?

Because it escapes all the characters in the string. It couldn't be the
second example you gave, it would have to be:

FileInfo myFile = new FileInfo("c:\\T emp\\Test\\read me.txt");

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

Re: CSharp @

"David" <asd@asd.comwro te in message
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What's the @ symbol for before a string?

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/harishankar2005/verbatim_literals11262005010742AM/verbatim_literals.aspx

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[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

Re: CSharp @

It states the string is a literal, warts and all. Without the @, you are
accepting \ as an escape character.

Your second string would fail, as it is not escaping anything valid.

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"David" <asd@asd.comwro te in message
news:guWdnfIZ3t Oe05rVRVnyhwA@b rightview.com.. .

Hi,
>
I know this isn't a C# group, but its just a quick one.
>
As a seasoned C++ developer I'm learning C# as I go along. What's the @
symbol for before a string?
>
eg:
>
FileInfo myFile = new FileInfo(@"c:\T emp\Test\readme .txt");
>
Why can't it just be:
>
FileInfo myFile = new FileInfo("c:\Te mp\Test\readme. txt"); ?
>
Thanks
>
David