replace

[Eugene Anthony]

For the code bellow I am receiving a new line error.

String s = "C:\My document\Mama";
s = s.Replace("\","/");

How do I solve the problem?
Eugene Anthony

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[Eliyahu Goldin]

String s = "C:\\My document\\Mama";
s = s.Replace(\\,"/");
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Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
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"Eugene Anthony" <so***********@yahoo.comwrote in message
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For the code bellow I am receiving a new line error.

String s = "C:\My document\Mama";
s = s.Replace("\","/");

How do I solve the problem?
Eugene Anthony

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[Mark Fitzpatrick]

Keep in mind, a \ is an escape character. When you put \", you're telling
the compiler that you want to put a " in the string. To ensure that \ is
seen as a \, you have to escape it by putting two of them together like so:
\\.

In the replace try the following: s = s.Replace("\\","/");

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Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Former Microsoft FrontPage MVP 199?-2006

"Eugene Anthony" <so***********@yahoo.comwrote in message
news:uq**************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

For the code bellow I am receiving a new line error.

String s = "C:\My document\Mama";
s = s.Replace("\","/");

How do I solve the problem?
Eugene Anthony

*** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***