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Q: 

How do I create a string from a block of text that contains the " character

I've got a block of html code that includes some form action stuff, which has the " appearing a lot.

Is there a way I can make the entire block into a string?

public string methodName()
{
     return @ " text goes here..  blah blah  <p> a bit of html stuff</p>
<form action="www...." method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd"

I get a lots of angry red underlining from this.

A: 

hmmmm... CDATA?

Randy  2010-07-11 12:26:25
+2  A:  
var html = @"<html>
<body>
    <span id=""name""> somethnig more</span>
</body>
</html>";

Placing @ before a string means that the contents should not be parsed (\n and other control characters do not work). It also means that the string can span over multiple lines and have " in it, as long as you write "" (only one will be displayed).

jgauffin  2010-07-11 12:26:35
By the way, this is called a Verbatim String Literal.
Arda Xi  2010-07-11 12:27:43
Ah, yeah I was missing the double "" Thanks for your help..
Matt  2010-07-11 12:34:06

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