Can I convert a C# string value to an escaped string literal

Question

In C#, can I convert a string value to a string literal, the way I would see it in code? I would like to replace tabs, newlines, etc. with their escape sequences.

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Answer 1

There's a method for this in Roslyn's Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp package on nuget :

    private static string ToLiteral(string valueTextForCompiler)
    {
        return Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.SymbolDisplay.FormatLiteral(valueTextForCompiler, false);
    }

Obviously this didn't exist at the time of the original question, but might help people who end up here from Google.