removing @ from string

[Guest]

Hello
Is there a way to remove the @ that makes the string ignore escape characters

I have code like
string strTemp = this.TextBox1.Text

I type "hello\r\nWorld!" into TextBox1. The problem is it then forces strTemp to have the @ and ignores the escape characters. I want to keep the escape characters

Thanks for any ideas
Mar

 

[Michael A. Covington]

The @ is not part of the string. @"abc" and "abc" are the very same
string. The value of a string variable doesn't "have" the @.

Hello,
Is there a way to remove the @ that makes the string ignore escape characters?

I have code like:
string strTemp = this.TextBox1.Text;

I type "hello\r\nWorld!" into TextBox1. The problem is it then forces

strTemp to have the @ and ignores the escape characters. I want to keep the
escape characters.

 

[Guest]

Hell
Okay, I see how my last post could have been misinterpretted. I know that the @ is not part of the string

While "abc" and @"abc" may be the same string, "ab\nc" and @"ab\nc" do not act the same - the @ makes the "\" no longer act as an escape sequence

If I have a string like @"ab\nc", is there anyway I can make it like "ab\nc" (i.e. effectively remove the @), where the "\n" becomes an escape sequence

Thanks
Mar

Is there a way to remove the @ that makes the string ignore escap

characters


----- Michael A. Covington wrote: ----

The @ is not part of the string. @"abc" and "abc" are the very sam
string. The value of a string variable doesn't "have" the @

Hello
Is there a way to remove the @ that makes the string ignore escap characters
string strTemp = this.TextBox1.Text

strTemp to have the @ and ignores the escape characters. I want to keep th
escape characters

 

[Chris A. R.]

This will do what you're looking for:

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

string testText = @"ab\nc";
string outText = Regex.Unescape( testText );
Debug.WriteLine( outText );

Chris A.R.

Hello
Okay, I see how my last post could have been misinterpretted. I know

that the @ is not part of the string.

While "abc" and @"abc" may be the same string, "ab\nc" and @"ab\nc" do not

act the same - the @ makes the "\" no longer act as an escape sequence.

If I have a string like @"ab\nc", is there anyway I can make it like

"ab\nc" (i.e. effectively remove the @), where the "\n" becomes an escape
sequence?

 

[Guest]

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for

Mar

----- Chris A. R. wrote: ----

This will do what you're looking for

using System.Text.RegularExpressions

string testText = @"ab\nc"
string outText = Regex.Unescape( testText )
Debug.WriteLine( outText )

Chris A.R

Hell
Okay, I see how my last post could have been misinterpretted. I kno

that the @ is not part of the string"ab\nc" (i.e. effectively remove the @), where the "\n" becomes an escap
sequence