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Verbatim string is missing carriage return

I have encountered a strange issue today. I have a verbatim string like this:

var s = @"     0     1
0     0"

i.e. there is a new line after the one. My Environment.NewLine is set to \r\n

This is part of a unit test and the tests have been working fine for the past several months. Now when I run my tests the above string declaration is resulting in: 

"     0     1\n     0     0"

instead of 

"     0     1\r\n     0     0"

Meaning the tests fail.

I have dumped out every character to prove this is true. I have also tried not using a verbatim string instead like this:

var s = "     0     1\r\n    0     0"

and the tests then pass.

Does anyone have any idea what could be happening here?

Solution

  • If you want to use the string in a unit test it is best to ensure the content is always the same. I suggest to declare it like this:

    var s = $"     0     1{Enviroment.NewLine}0     0";