String question
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What is the technical difference between defining a string this way:
string s = "this is my string";and this way?string s = @"this is my string"; -
What is the technical difference between defining a string this way:
string s = "this is my string";and this way?string s = @"this is my string"; -
What is the technical difference between defining a string this way:
string s = "this is my string";and this way?string s = @"this is my string";Mike Ellison wrote: What is the technical difference between defining a string this way: string s = "this is my string"; and this way? string s = @"this is my string"; Well the first would try to escape certain characters followed by a slash string s = "this is a line \n with a newline embedded"; string s = @"this is a line \n with a slash n embedded"; The @ sign tells the compiler "this is a literal string, don't escape the characters after the slash". Hope this helps, Nathan --------------------------- Hmmm... what's a signature?
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using the @ means you don't have to escape the \ character eg. string s = "\\\\Server\\folder"; it the same as string s = @"\\Server\folder"; Grant @ Loki
sheesh, you beat my by two minutes.... hehe... that's what I get for reading down the page first :) --------------------------- Hmmm... what's a signature?
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Mike Ellison wrote: What is the technical difference between defining a string this way: string s = "this is my string"; and this way? string s = @"this is my string"; Well the first would try to escape certain characters followed by a slash string s = "this is a line \n with a newline embedded"; string s = @"this is a line \n with a slash n embedded"; The @ sign tells the compiler "this is a literal string, don't escape the characters after the slash". Hope this helps, Nathan --------------------------- Hmmm... what's a signature?
Nathan Blomquist wrote: string s = @"this is a line \n with a slash n embedded"; And also: string s = @"this is a string with two lines";
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What is the technical difference between defining a string this way:
string s = "this is my string";and this way?string s = @"this is my string";Thanks!
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What is the technical difference between defining a string this way:
string s = "this is my string";and this way?string s = @"this is my string";Mike, It looks like everyone has answered you question here. I just wanted to add that strings that are defined with the "@" sign are called verbatim strings. -Nick Parker
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Mike, It looks like everyone has answered you question here. I just wanted to add that strings that are defined with the "@" sign are called verbatim strings. -Nick Parker
Thanks, Nick. Every bit of useful information helps!