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What is '@' before some strings? What does it do?

Roy S · Answer

Another useful feature of C# strings is the verbatim literal, which is a string with a @ symbol prefix, as in @"Some string" . Verbatim literals make escape sequences translate as normal characters to enhance readability. To appreciate the value of verbatim literals, consider a path statement such as "c:\topdir\subdir\subdir\myapp.exe" . As you can see, the backslashes are escaped, causing the string to be less readable. You can improve the string with a verbatim literal, like this: @"c:	opdir\subdir\subdir\myapp.exe" . That is fine, but now you have the problem where quoting text is not as easy. In that case, you would specify double double quotes. For example, the string "copy "c:\source file name with spaces.txt" c:\newfilename.txt" would be written as the verbatim literal @"copy ""c:\source file name with spaces.txt"" c:
ewfilename.txt" . from the C# Station Tutorial

Majid Kamali · Answer

Thank u :-)

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