C#•2y ago

raw string vs verbatin string [Answered]

what is the difference between @" and """

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""" ignores the whitespace that comes before the start of the string on each line so that you can make string literals more readable. It also make it easier to but " characters in the string, as you need a sequence of three to close it. with a verbatim string you would do something like this

var json = @"
{
  ""Id"" : ""2874234""
  ""User"" : ""Joe""
}";

var json = @"
{
  ""Id"" : ""2874234""
  ""User"" : ""Joe""
}";

333fred•2y ago

(That isn't a correct example)

TimberStalker•2y ago

with a raw string you could do this

var json = """
              {
                "Id" : "2874234"
                "User" : "Joe"
              }
              """;

var json = """
              {
                "Id" : "2874234"
                "User" : "Joe"
              }
              """;

333fred•2y ago

You need to escape the "s

TimberStalker•2y ago

oops

333fred•2y ago

Still wrong. "" is how you escape quotes in verbatim strings The idea with raw strings is that, no matter text input you have, you will be able to copy/paste it directly into the string content

TimberStalker•2y ago

i dont write enough raw literals apparently

333fred•2y ago

var json = """
              {
                "Id" : "2874234"
                "User" : "Joe"
              }
              """;

var json = """
              {
                "Id" : "2874234"
                "User" : "Joe"
              }
              """;

Is how you write that one

TimberStalker•2y ago

ya, never used verbatim strings before

333fred•2y ago

I think you might be confusing which is which @" is verbatim """ is raw

TimberStalker•2y ago

is it?

333fred•2y ago

Yes

TimberStalker•2y ago

dammit

333fred•2y ago

Anyway, to answer the question @AndroidUI: raw strings are a new feature we made to address some of the shortcomings and annoyances with verbatim strings. I'll still probably use verbatim strings for single-line content, but mutli-line I'm pretty much always going to be using raw from now on Remember, though, it's not quite out yet: November is C# 11 release

androidui•2y ago

🙂

Accord•2y ago

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