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What means @ before string in C#?

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    Hello ! I'm new to C# and I've found in one sample from Codeproject something like this: string temp=@"temp string blah blah"; What does that @ before string ? Thanks

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      Hello ! I'm new to C# and I've found in one sample from Codeproject something like this: string temp=@"temp string blah blah"; What does that @ before string ? Thanks

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      It means verbatim string literal[^], so special characters don't need to be escaped.

      Dave
      BTW, in software, hope and pray is not a viable strategy. (Luc Pattyn)
      Visual Basic is not used by normal people so we're not covering it here. (Uncyclopedia)

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        It means verbatim string literal[^], so special characters don't need to be escaped.

        Dave
        BTW, in software, hope and pray is not a viable strategy. (Luc Pattyn)
        Visual Basic is not used by normal people so we're not covering it here. (Uncyclopedia)

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        Wow, that was fast :) Thanks, I understand now :)

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