Escaping single quote in String.Format()

Question

I have been all over the \'tubes and I can\'t figure this one out. Might be simple.

The following String.Format call:

return dt.ToString         


        

Answer 1

You could just use the HTML entity, if it's for HTML.

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Just to make this post not wrong, as everyone else has noted, escaping works fine :)

string s = t.ToString("MMM d \\'yy 'at' H:mmm");

And that's the last time I don't test something based on who is posting :)

Answer 2

I don't like the C# @ strings unless I really have to use them so I would actually go with this.

return dt.ToString("MMM d \\'yy 'at' H:mmm");

It's just a preference though for which you find easier to "read".

Answer 3

You can escape it using a backslash which you will have to escape. Either

return dt.ToString(@"MMM d \'yy 'at' H:mmm");

or

return dt.ToString("MMM d \\'yy 'at' H:mmm");