How do I create a string with Quotes in it in C#

Question

Hello,

C# newbie here. I am trying to set a C# variable as follows.

string profileArg = @"/profile ""eScore"" ";

The end result is that I want the variable to contain the value

/profile "eScore" 

There should be a space in the string after the "eScore"

How do I do it?

Seth

Answer 1

string profileArg = "/profile \"eScore\" ";

Answer 2

Try this:

string profileArg = "/profile \"eScore\" ";

You want to put \" for any literal double quotes.

Answer 3

You appear to already be doing that correctly.

Answer 4

string profileArg = "/profile \"eScore\" ";

Answer 5

To add to the others . . . The @ sign that precedes the first quote tells C# to not interpret the backslash \ as an escape character. That's why the examples given omit the @ sign. Then you can use the \" to put in the quotation marks.

Answer 6

2 options:

• normal backslashed escaped: "This is a test of \"Quotes\"."
• @ string double escaped: @"This is a test of ""Quotes""."

both of these should contain the same string:

This is a test of "Quotes".

Answer 7

You have a space after eScore in your string.

// a space after "eScore"
string profileArg = @"/profile ""eScore"" ";

// no space after "eScore"
string profileArg = @"/profile ""eScore""";

// space in "eScore "
string profileArg = @"/profile ""eScore """;

// No space using escaping
string profileArg = "/profile \"eScore\"";

Answer 8

One possibility would be

string profileArg = "/profile \"eScore\" ";

To me this looks clearer than the verbatim literal

Answer 9

Use quotation mark as a character like so...

String profileArg = "/profile " + '"' + "eScore" + '"';

Answer 10

here you go

String test = "   /profile \"eScore\"     ";