Replace("/", "_"); doesnt work

Question

Why do none of these seem to work?

String.Replace("/", "_");
String.Replace("//", "_");
String.Replace(((char)47).ToString(), "_");

The string named "FileName" still says "MyFile 06/06/09"

Answer 1

Are you assigning the FileName.Replace to something? It returns the new FileName, it doesn't actually change it.

string fileName = FileName.Replace("//", "");

Answer 2

You probably want to do this:

FileName = FileName.Replace("//", "")...

Answer 3

Try this:

FileName = FileName.Replace( "/", "_" );

Answer 4

Filename = FileName.Replace("//", ""); 
Filename = FileName.Replace("/", ""); 
Filename = FileName.Replace(((char)47).ToString(), "_");

Answer 5

If that is your actual code then you need to actually assign it back to the value as in...

FileName = FileName.Replace("//", ""); 
FileName = FileName.Replace("/", ""); 
FileName = FileName.Replace(((char)47).ToString(), "_");

Answer 6

One more thing I'll add is to check your quote characters...if you paste from Word then you'll end up with the wrong characters. Of course, you'll get a compile-time error if that's the case...