what is wrong in this string?

Question

string.Format("{Find Name='{0}'}", name)

it throws Exception at runtime saying input string was in wrong format. What is wrong in this string?

Answer 1

try string.Format("Find Name='{0}'", name)

or try string.Format("{{Find Name='{0}'}}", name)

Answer 2

You need to escape the '{ characters in String.Format:

string.Format( "{{Find Name='{0}'}}", name )

See the following for more details:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/91362/how-to-escape-brackets-in-a-format-string-in-net

Answer 3

Curly braces have a special meaning in formatting strings, and thus need to be escaped. Simply double the literal braces from { to {{ and } to }}:

string.Format("{{Find Name='{0}'}}", name)

Answer 4

it should be "{{ Find Name = {0} }}"

Answer 5

I think it should be:

string.Format("Find Name='{0}'", name);