More on Strings

Special characters in string

Special characters are not displayed as is.
To display special characters in string add back slash sign before the characters
For example:

• To display the quote sign in a message box use " before the quote
• To display a message with 2 lines use \r\n

using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace Northwind.Training
{
    class MoreOnStrings
    {
        public void Run()
        {
            MessageBox.Show("I'm a simple string");
            MessageBox.Show("I'm a quote\"");
            MessageBox.Show("Line one\r\nLine Two");
        }
     }
} 

To display the backslash character double it: instead of \ use \\

MessageBox.Show("Windows Path: c:\\windows"); 

Or Alternatively: to display a string as is use the @ sign before the string

MessageBox.Show(@"Windows Path: c:\windows using the @ sign to use quites just say ""double quotes"" "); 

The @ sign can be used also to display multi line text without the need to use \n in the string:

MessageBox.Show(@"I'm a multi 
line 
text 
in many 
line"); 

Exercise : Data types

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