Can someone explain why people use the @ sign in things like page redirections?
For example;
response.redirect(@"mypage.aspx");
Seems to work exactly the same as;
response.redirect("mypage.aspx");
I would like to know the purpose of the @ sign.
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https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/tokens/verbatim – Frank Fajardo Feb 04 '21 at 05:29
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1Verbatim strings give you ability to write multiline strings as is, no need for it in this string. – Alexey Rumyantsev Feb 04 '21 at 05:30
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Does this answer your question? [Can I escape a double quote in a verbatim string literal?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1928909/can-i-escape-a-double-quote-in-a-verbatim-string-literal) – T.kowshik Yedida Feb 04 '21 at 05:47
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The @ before the string indicates the string is a verbatim string:
So if you are redirecting to a page that is not on the current location as the view, you could say response.redirect(@"path\mypage.aspx"). Without the @, you have to say response.redirect("path\\mypage.aspx")
For your code, you do not need it since the page you are redirecting to is on the same location.
Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/tokens/verbatim
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1Perfect explanation and that explains it clearly. +1 for providing the link to the reference material. I shall read more into this to fully understand it. Thanks, Frank! – Stephen85 Feb 04 '21 at 05:37