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What is the difference between a regular string and a verbatim string?

I have a trial version of ReSharper and it always suggests that I switch regular strings to verbatim strings. What is the difference?

Solution

  • A verbatim string is one that does not need to be escaped, like a filename:

    string myFileName = "C:\\myfolder\\myfile.txt";

    would be

    string myFileName = @"C:\myfolder\myfile.txt";

    The @ symbol means to read that string literally, and don't interpret control characters otherwise.