verbatim-string

I have a long string (a path) with double backslashes, and I want to replace it with single backslashes: string a = "a\\b\\c\\d"; string b = a.Replace(@"\\", @"\"); This code does nothing... b remains "a\\b\\c\\d" I also tried different combinations of backslashes instead of using @ , but no luck. In C#, you can't have a string like "a\b\c\d" , because the \ has a special meaning: it creates a escape sequence together with a following letter (or combination of digits). \b represents actually a backspace, and \c and \d are invalid escape sequences (the compiler will complain about an

How do you do a verbatim string literal in VB.NET? This is achieved in C# as follows: String str = @"c:\folder1\file1.txt"; This means that the backslashes are treated literally and not as escape characters. How is this achieved in VB.NET? Steve All string literals in VB.NET are verbatim string literals. Simply write Dim str As String = "c:\folder1\file1.txt" VB.NET doesn't support inline control characters. So backslashes are always interpreted literally. The only character that needs to be escaped is the double quotation mark, which is escaped by doubling it, as you do in C# Dim s As String

In C#6 there is a new feature: interpolated strings. These let you put expressions directly into code, rather than relying on indexes: string s = string.Format("Adding \"{0}\" and {1} to foobar.", x, this.Y()); Becomes: string s = $"Adding \"{x}\" and {this.Y()} to foobar."; However, we have a lot of strings across multiple lines using verbatim strings (mainly SQL statements) like this: string s = string.Format(@"Result... Adding ""{0}"" and {1} to foobar: {2}", x, this.Y(), x.GetLog()); Reverting these to regular strings seems messy: string s = "Result...\r\n" + $"Adding \"{x}\" and {this.Y()