C#: Strings and Escape Sequences

String is a Collection of characters. Strings are enclosed in double quotes.

Ex:

String firstName = "Hari Krishna";

String lastName = "Gurram";

Program.cs

using System;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        String firstName = "Hari Krishna";
        String lastName = "Gurram";

        Console.WriteLine("Hello Mr {0} {1}", firstName, lastName);
    }
}

Output

Hello Mr Hari Krishna Gurram

Escape Sequences

Escape sequences in programing languages has special meaning, For example, \n prints string in new line, \t is a tab character etc., Following tables summarizes some of the escape characters in C#.

Escape Sequence	Description
\a	Bell alert
\b	Backspace
\f	Form feed
\n	New Line
\r	Carriage Return
\t	Horizontal tab
\v	Vertical tab
\’	Single Quote
\"	Double Quote
\\	Backslash
\?	Question Mark
\ooo	ASCII Character in Octal Notation
\xhh	ASCII Character in hexadecimal notation
\xhhhh	Unicode character in hexadecimal notation

Program.cs

using System;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        String quote = "Life is an \"Open Secret\". \nEverything is avialble, you can't hidden";

        Console.WriteLine(quote);
    }
}

Output

Life is an "Open Secret".

Everything is avialble, you can't hidden

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