How to insert newline in string literal?

Question

In .NET I can provide both \\r or \\n string literals, but there is a way to insert something like \"new line\" special character like Enviro

Answer 1

One more way of convenient placement of Environment.NewLine in format string. The idea is to create string extension method that formats string as usual but also replaces {nl} in text with Environment.NewLine

Usage

   " X={0} {nl} Y={1}{nl} X+Y={2}".FormatIt(1, 2, 1+2);
   gives:
    X=1
    Y=2
    X+Y=3

Code

    ///

    /// Use "string".FormatIt(...) instead of string.Format("string, ...)
    /// Use {nl} in text to insert Environment.NewLine 
    ///
    ///If format is null
    [StringFormatMethod("format")]
    public static string FormatIt(this string format, params object[] args)
    {
        if (format == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("format");

        return string.Format(format.Replace("{nl}", Environment.NewLine), args);
    }

Note

1. If you want ReSharper to highlight your parameters, add attribute to the method above

   [StringFormatMethod("format")]

2. This implementation is obviously less efficient than just String.Format

3. Maybe one, who interested in this question would be interested in the next question too: Named string formatting in C#