What is the @ at symbol for?

[needin4mation]

In this code:

XmlTextWriter myWriter = new XmlTextWriter(@"C:\Xmldata\myWriter.xml",
null);
Why do they have the @ at symbol? Why not just the string?

[imperugo]

for the special character in the string
for example \ in the string you have to use \\ or @"\"

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In this code:

XmlTextWriter myWriter = new XmlTextWriter(@"C:\Xmldata\myWriter.xml",
null);
Why do they have the @ at symbol? Why not just the string?

[Hans Kesting]

ne***********@gmail.com wrote:

In this code:

XmlTextWriter myWriter = new XmlTextWriter(@"C:\Xmldata\myWriter.xml",
null);
Why do they have the @ at symbol? Why not just the string?

http://www.yoda.arachsys.com/csharp/...batim.literals

[Brian Gideon]

You can also use it in front of any variable name to allow keywords to
be used as variables. This is legal C#:

public bool DontDoThis()
{
bool @true = false;
return @true == true;
}

Brian

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In this code:

XmlTextWriter myWriter = new XmlTextWriter(@"C:\Xmldata\myWriter.xml",
null);
Why do they have the @ at symbol? Why not just the string?

[Bob Powell [MVP]]

The @ symbol specifies that the string will be used literally so that you
can type @"c:\foo\bar" instead of "c:\\foo\\bar". Be aware however that
double quotes are needed if you wish to include quote marks in your string.

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In this code:

XmlTextWriter myWriter = new XmlTextWriter(@"C:\Xmldata\myWriter.xml",
null);
Why do they have the @ at symbol? Why not just the string?