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C# / .NET - escape sequences

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Nabila-Burnett

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

Escape sequence	Description
\n	Inserts a new line.
\t	Inserts a tab.
\b	Inserts a backspace.
\r	Inserts a carriage return.
\f	Inserts a form feed.
\"	Inserts a double quote character.
\\	Inserts a backslash.

Practical examples

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Example 1

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

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using System;
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public class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        string path = "C:\\projects\\example";
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        Console.WriteLine(path);
    }
}

Output:

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C:\projects\example

Example 2

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

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using System;
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public class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        string text = "line1\nline2\nline3";
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        Console.WriteLine(text);
    }
}

Output:

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line1
line2
line3

Example 3

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

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using System;
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public class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        string quote = "\"double-quoted text\"";
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        Console.WriteLine(quote);
    }
}