Chr(34) equivalent

Question

I am converting VB.NET code to c# and I am stopped when I reached the following code snippet. I need someone's help to convert Chr(34). Please help me to convert it to c#.

VB.NET Code

Dim inputString As String
inputString = "Some text ..."
inputString = Replace(inputString, Chr(34), "")**

My c# conversion is

string inputString = "Some text ...";
inputString = inputString.Replace(NEED HELP HERE, "");**

You have choices you can use an escape so put a backslash or you can (char)34 — BugFinder, Sep 19 '17 at 11:14
yep - its as simple as that - See Willem who has bother to write out more detail — BugFinder, Sep 19 '17 at 11:18
Possible duplicate of [How to add double quotes to a string that is inside a variable?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3905946/how-to-add-double-quotes-to-a-string-that-is-inside-a-variable) — BugFinder, Sep 19 '17 at 11:19
For what it's worth, using `Chr(34)` in VB ought to be discouraged, since it's lengthy and not very readable. The way to escape a double-quote character in a string literal in VB is to put two in a row, so the equivalent would be `Replace(inputString, """", "")`. — Steven Doggart, Sep 19 '17 at 12:09
And the equivalent for that would be `Replace(inputString, @"""", "")` — Tom Blodget, Sep 19 '17 at 14:16
Wow, I can not believe this question received this much attention when honestly it is something you should already know before asking this type of question... I mean there is only over 430k hits on Google?.? — Trevor, Sep 19 '17 at 15:46

Willem Van Onsem · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-19T11:27:14.490

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You can cast an integer to a char, so an "automatic" translation would be:

inputString = inputString.Replace(, ((char) 34).ToString(), "")

That being said, the characters that maps to 34 (according to ASCII) is ", so you can simply construct a string with the double quote char:

inputString = inputString.Replace(, "\"", "")

This will also improve readability, since it is now clear what you are doing in that part: you remove double quotation characters.

edited Sep 19 '17 at 11:27

answered Sep 19 '17 at 11:15

Willem Van Onsem

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Sure that works because Chr(**34**) is always returns [U+0022](http://www.unicode.org/charts/nameslist/index.html). But in general, casting works for the range 0 to 255 yet is correct for the whole range 128 to 255 only if the user's (thread's) ANSI code page (ACP) is 28591 (ISO 8859-1). Too many gotchas to recommend. Of course, that assumes that using `Chr` isn't a latent bug to begin with. – Tom Blodget Sep 19 '17 at 14:25

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 19 '17 at 11:20

Converted code below:

string inputString = null;
inputString = "Some text ...";
inputString = Strings.Replace(inputString, Strings.Chr(34), "");

I would recommend to use any converter if you are not dealing any confidential details. This will save sometime.

In fact, I used this tool to convert your code.

Chr(34) equivalent

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