CS1056 -Unexpected character "" What does it mean?

Question

Hi,

 

I am creating a service in asp.net core api..while building my code i am getting this error

 

CS1056 -Unexpected character ""

 

when i declare string name = "projects/max78A"; i am getting this error

 

my code:

using (var httpClient = new HttpClient())
{​​​​​​​
string name = "projects/max78A";
var content = "{​​​​​​​\"name\": \"" + name + "\"}​​​​​​​";
var stringContent = new StringContent(content, Encoding.UTF8, "text/plain");
Console.WriteLine("Sending Request: " + requestUri + stringContent);
HttpResponseMessage response = await httpClient.PostAsync(requestUri, stringContent).ConfigureAwait(false);
return await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
}​​​​​​​

i havent face this problem before please help me to understand what is the issue