Prune double slahes

[Arne Garvander]

How can I prune double slashes from a string?
<appSettings>
<add key="pdfroot" value="p:\E-Switch Secure\PDF_dwgs \"/>
</appSettings>
string path = ConfigurationMa nager.AppSettin gs["pdfroot"];
path = path.Replace("\ \\\", "\\"); // Doesn't work
path = path.Replace(@" \\", @"\"); // Doesn't work
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Arne Garvander
(I program VB.Net for fun and C# to get paid.)

[Marc Gravell]

Re: Prune double slahes

But... unless I am missing something, it doesn't contain any double
slashes... is this just a debugger issue? It displays strings in the escaped
form, so \ appears \\. But it is still \.

Marc

[Hans Kesting]

Re: Prune double slahes

How can I prune double slashes from a string?

<appSettings>
<add key="pdfroot" value="p:\E-Switch Secure\PDF_dwgs \"/>
</appSettings>
string path = ConfigurationMa nager.AppSettin gs["pdfroot"];
path = path.Replace("\ \\\", "\\"); // Doesn't work
path = path.Replace(@" \\", @"\"); // Doesn't work

See:

http://www.yoda.arachsys.com/csharp/strings.html#debugger

Hans Kesting

[David Longnecker]

Re: Prune double slahes

To Marc's point, are the slashes even there at all? Isn't the compiler trying
to escape out the characters before it?

Try:
<appSettings>
<add key="pdfroot" value="p:\\E-Switch Secure\\PDF_dwg s\\"/>
</appSettings>
string path = ConfigurationMa nager.AppSettin gs["pdfroot"];

Tossing that to a Textbox would display:

"p:\E-Switch Secure\PDF_dwgs \"

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Reproduced, simplistically, with:

string pathname = "p:\\E-Switch Secure\\PDF_dwg s\\";
output.Text = pathname;

value from output.text in presentation:
p:\E-Switch Secure\PDF_dwgs \

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-dl

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David Longnecker
Web Developer

http://blog.tiredstudent.com

But... unless I am missing something, it doesn't contain any double
slashes... is this just a debugger issue? It displays strings in the
escaped form, so \ appears \\. But it is still \.
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Marc
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[Dave Sexton]

Re: Prune double slahes

Hi David,

Xml doesn't have to be escaped for C# because it's not compiled, so "\\" isn't
required. One backslash should be just fine.

This is most likely a misunderstandin g due to the debugger's representation of
the string, as others have pointed out.

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Dave Sexton

"David Longnecker" <dlongnecker@co mmunity.nospamw rote in message
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To Marc's point, are the slashes even there at all? Isn't the compiler
trying to escape out the characters before it?
>
Try:
<appSettings>
<add key="pdfroot" value="p:\\E-Switch Secure\\PDF_dwg s\\"/>
</appSettings>
string path = ConfigurationMa nager.AppSettin gs["pdfroot"];
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Tossing that to a Textbox would display:
>
"p:\E-Switch Secure\PDF_dwgs \"
>
--
Reproduced, simplistically, with:
>
string pathname = "p:\\E-Switch Secure\\PDF_dwg s\\";
output.Text = pathname;
>
value from output.text in presentation: p:\E-Switch Secure\PDF_dwgs \
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-dl
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David Longnecker
Web Developer

http://blog.tiredstudent.com

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>But... unless I am missing something, it doesn't contain any double
>slashes... is this just a debugger issue? It displays strings in the
>escaped form, so \ appears \\. But it is still \.
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>Marc
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