Give a value with the sign \ to a string variable.

[Niron kag]

Hello!
I want to give a value with the sign \ to a string variable.
The problem is that the program always add the sign @ before the variable.
The next line gives me : @"Name\shai"

string str = "Name\\shai ";

I want str to be only: "Name\shai" .
How can I do it?
Thanks in advance.

[Dan Manges]

Niron kag wrote:

Hello!
I want to give a value with the sign \ to a string variable.
The problem is that the program always add the sign @ before the variable.
The next line gives me : @"Name\shai"

string str = "Name\\shai ";

I want str to be only: "Name\shai" .
How can I do it?
Thanks in advance.

The @ before the string just means it's a literal value and that '\' is
not an escape character. "Name\\shai " == @"Name\sahi"
Dan Manges

[Marc Gravell]

What you see is not always what you get;

If the debugger is displaying @"Name\shai" or "Name\\shai ", then this *is*
the string you want; the \\ and @ are just there to tell you (as a
developer, not a user) how the string is being visualised; it doesn't change
the actual contents.

If you output the string onto the screen or a file, or whatever, then it
should appear as "Name\shai"

Marc

[Vadym Stetsyak]

Hello, Niron!

Nk> string str = "Name\\shai ";

the upper gives you Name\Shai,

\ - is special character, and in order to see it in the string you should escape it with another \ symbol.

You can test this with simple console application:

string str = "test1\\tes t2";
Console.WriteLi ne(str);
string str1 = "test3\\\\test4 ";
Console.WriteLi ne(str1);

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www: http://vadmyst.blogspot.com

[Niron kag]

Thanks but:
I don’t get the value I need.
If I get a variable with this value - @"name1\name 2"
How can I change it to this value- "name1\name 2"
(Remove the @)

I must pass the value without the @.
I try Substring but it doesn’t work.
"Vadym Stetsyak" wrote:

Hello, Niron!

Nk> string str = "Name\\shai ";

the upper gives you Name\Shai,

\ - is special character, and in order to see it in the string you should escape it with another \ symbol.

You can test this with simple console application:

string str = "test1\\tes t2";
Console.WriteLi ne(str);
string str1 = "test3\\\\test4 ";
Console.WriteLi ne(str1);

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Regards, Vadym Stetsyak
www: http://vadmyst.blogspot

[Tom Porterfield]

Niron kag wrote:

Thanks but:
I don’t get the value I need.
If I get a variable with this value - @"name1\name 2"
How can I change it to this value- "name1\name 2"
(Remove the @)

I must pass the value without the @.
I try Substring but it doesn’t work.

The @ simply means that the escape characters in the string are treated as
literals. It is not actually part of the string. Just pass the string, the
@ won't get passed.
--
Tom Porterfield

[Marc Gravell]

You already have it:

Consider: @"name1\name 2"

Look where the @ is; it isn't in the string (quotes); the string DOES NOT
contain an @ character. This is purely for the debugger and developer, so
that they know that it shouldn't be read "name1{newline} ame2" (since \n ==
{newline}). Try Console.WriteLi ne or Debug.WriteLine ; there is no @.
Honestly.

There isn't Substring will not do anything because the @ isn't there. The
debugger is not always the easiest place to visualise string values, but
what it is saying is correct - you just have to know how to read it.

Marc

[Daniel]

Are you actually looking at your ouput before deciding this is a bug?
"Marc Gravell" <ma**********@g mail.com> wrote in message
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You already have it:

Consider: @"name1\name 2"

Look where the @ is; it isn't in the string (quotes); the string DOES NOT
contain an @ character. This is purely for the debugger and developer, so
that they know that it shouldn't be read "name1{newline} ame2" (since \n ==
{newline}). Try Console.WriteLi ne or Debug.WriteLine ; there is no @.
Honestly.

There isn't Substring will not do anything because the @ isn't there. The
debugger is not always the easiest place to visualise string values, but
what it is saying is correct - you just have to know how to read it.

Marc

[Niron kag]

First, thank you for your attention!!!
Second, I am not be near the program now, but I will check it later.

"Marc Gravell" wrote:

You already have it:

Consider: @"name1\name 2"

Look where the @ is; it isn't in the string (quotes); the string DOES NOT
contain an @ character. This is purely for the debugger and developer, so
that they know that it shouldn't be read "name1{newline} ame2" (since \n ==
{newline}). Try Console.WriteLi ne or Debug.WriteLine ; there is no @.
Honestly.

There isn't Substring will not do anything because the @ isn't there. The
debugger is not always the easiest place to visualise string values, but
what it is saying is correct - you just have to know how to read it.

Marc

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Niron kag <Ni******@discu ssions.microsof t.com> wrote:

Hello!
I want to give a value with the sign \ to a string variable.
The problem is that the program always add the sign @ before the variable.
The next line gives me : @"Name\shai"

string str = "Name\\shai ";

I want str to be only: "Name\shai" .
How can I do it?
Thanks in advance.

See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/s....html#debugger

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