Convert C# "writer.Write(@" to VB ?

[bh]

I'm trying to convert the following statement to VB.NET:
writer.Write(@"<some html here>");

I tried simply removing the semicolon, but VB chokes on the @-sign.
Unfortunately, when searching online, I can't find any information on what
this actually does in the c# code, otherwise I'd simply remove it. What
does the @ symbolize, here, and how can I effectively rewrite this in VB?

Thanks in advance.

bh

 

[Chris Fulstow]

The "@" sign makes it a verbatim string, so you don't need to escape
backslashes.
More info:
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/1/verbatim_literals.asp

 

[Guest]

Take out the @ character. In C# this tells the compiler ignore escape
squences such as "\n" and "\r", etc.

For example: Console.WriteLine("Hello\nWorld") will output :

Hello
World

But Console.WriteLine(@"Hello\World") will output:

Hello\nWorld

 

[Christof Nordiek]

you can't find any information about it?
In the C#-documentation look for string or string literal.
In short the @ changes the characters and escape sequences that can be used
in a string literal.
since the verbatim string literal is very Basic like, removing the @ will be
right.

(the @ in C# also has another meaning in connection with
keywords/indentifiers)

 

[Jon Paal]

vb doesn't require the "@" sign -- dump it too..

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I'm trying to convert the following statement to VB.NET:
writer.Write(@"<some html here>");

Simply remove the '@':

C# Programmer's Reference -- 'string'
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/csref/html/vclrfString.asp>