formatting strings with backslash

Question

I\'m a newbie to c# so hopefully this one isn\'t too hard for a few of you.

I\'m trying to build a string that has a \\ in it and I am having difficulty getting just one

Answer 1

I'm guessing you're looking at the values in the debugger and seeing that they have two slashes.

That's normal. The debugger will show two slashes even though the actual string representation will only have one. Just another hump to get over when getting used to the debugger.

Be assured that when you actually use your strings, they will still only have a single slash (using either of your methods).