C# / .NET - escape sequences

In this article, we would like to show you escape sequences in C#.

Practical examples

Example 1

In this example, we use \\ escape sequence to insert backslash into the path string.

using System;

public class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        string path = "C:\\projects\\example";

        Console.WriteLine(path);
    }
}

Output:

C:\projects\example

Example 2

In this example, we use \n escape sequence to insert a new line between the words.

using System;

public class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        string text = "line1\nline2\nline3";

        Console.WriteLine(text);
    }
}

Output:

line1
line2
line3

Example 3

In this example, we use \" escape sequence to insert a double quote character.

using System;

public class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        string quote = "\"double-quoted text\"";

        Console.WriteLine(quote);
    }
}

Output:

"double-quoted text"

References

1. Strings - C# Programming Guide | Microsoft Docs