Adding double \ to file name from a text box....

Glenn Patton

Hi All,

Very simple one today I have a text box containing the path to be used for a save file
ie: C:\Test\Test_One I need text box (txtPath.Text) to contain C:\\Test\\Test_One for the file writing system so what is the correct way of putting an extra \ in text of the path. I did try txtPath.Text.Replace('\','\\'); but this came back as syntax error as '\\' is not a single character so I tried it as a string ("\\","\\\\"), this appeared to work. The issue is now how can I get C:\\Test\\Test_One to be seen as C:\Test\Test_One or will it be seen that way anyway.

Glenn

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Glenn Patton14y ago
Thanks for that!
Vulpes14y ago
For future reference, a verbatim string literal (i.e. one preceded by @) treats all characters literally, including escape sequences such as \n and \t. Consequently, you don't need to double the '\' as you would in an 'ordinary' string literal if you don't want an escape sequence to be processed as such.

The only exception is the double quote character ('"') which needs to be doubled in a verbatim literal so the compiler doesn't think it's reached the end of the string.
Glenn Patton14y ago
Hi,
Sorted it the magic @ sorted it. Amazing what a break will do!

Glenn