Putting \" in verbatim string with C#

Question

I need to print

a
"b"
c

with the vebatim string, I posed another question about multiple line code template here.

I tried with verbatim string as follows :

using System;

class DoFile {

    static void Main(string[] args) {
        string templateString = @"
        {0}
        \\"{1}\\"
        {2}
        ";
        Console.WriteLine(templateString, "a", "b", "c");
    }
}

But, I got this error.

t.cs(8,11): error CS1525: Unexpected symbol `{'
t.cs(9,0): error CS1010: Newline in constant
t.cs(10,0): error CS1010: Newline in constant

\"{1}\" doesn't work neither.

What's wrong?

score 22 · Accepted Answer · answered May 13 '11 at 18:49

22

Try this ( "" instead of " to escape )

string templateString = @"
        {0}
        ""{1}""
        {2}
        ";

From C# specification: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa691090

quote-escape-sequence: ""

answered May 13 '11 at 18:49

manojlds

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score 8 · Answer 2 · answered May 13 '11 at 18:48

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In a verbatim string literal you use "" for double quote characters.

string line = @"
{0}
""{1}""
{2}";

answered May 13 '11 at 18:48

SirViver

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered May 13 '11 at 18:48

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When using a multi-line string literal in C# with @", the correct escape sequence for a double-quote becomes "" instead of \".

    string templateString = @"
    {0}
    ""{1}""
    {2}
    ";

answered May 13 '11 at 18:48

mellamokb

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 13 '11 at 18:48

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In a verbatim string, use "" for a " in the result.

answered May 13 '11 at 18:48

Femaref

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered May 13 '11 at 18:50

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In an @" string, embedded double quotes are escaped as "",not \". Change your code to

    string templateString = @"
    {0}
    ""{1}""
    {2}
    ";

and your problems should go away.

answered May 13 '11 at 18:50

Nicholas Carey

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Then lose the backslash. Edited to reflect the change. – Nicholas Carey May 13 '11 at 18:51

Leons · Answer 6 · 2011-05-13T18:59:25.187

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string templateString = @"        
{0}        
""{1}""
{2}
";

EDIT: Updated to show correct syntax when using Verbatim.

edited May 13 '11 at 18:59

answered May 13 '11 at 18:49

Leons

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Incorrect. OP already notes this is wrong... – mellamokb May 13 '11 at 18:49
@mellamokb - thanks - I will check my syntax first – Leons May 13 '11 at 19:00

score 0 · Answer 7 · edited Aug 24 '11 at 15:40

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Use a "double double" quote to produce a single double quote in the output. It's the same way old VB6 would process strings.

@" ""something"" is here";

contains a string that has quotes around the something.

edited Aug 24 '11 at 15:40

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answered Aug 24 '11 at 15:34

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Putting \" in verbatim string with C#

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