What is the difference between String.Empty and “” (empty string)?

Question

In .NET, what is the difference between String.Empty and \"\", and are they interchangable, or is there some underlying reference or Localization i

Answer 1

When you're visually scanning through code, "" appears colorized the way strings are colorized. string.Empty looks like a regular class-member-access. During a quick look, its easier to spot "" or intuit the meaning.

Spot the strings (stack overflow colorization isn't exactly helping, but in VS this is more obvious):

var i = 30;
var f = Math.Pi;
var s = "";
var d = 22.2m;
var t = "I am some text";
var e = string.Empty;