formatting strings with backslash

Question

I\'m a newbie to c# so hopefully this one isn\'t too hard for a few of you.

I\'m trying to build a string that has a \\ in it and I am having difficulty getting just one

Answer 1

I'm guessing you're getting confused by the debugger.

If you hover your mouse over a local variable in VS, strings will be escaped so a single \ will display as \\.

To see what your string really is, output it somewhere for display (e.g., to the console) or hover your mouse on the variable, click on the arrow next to the little magnifying glass that appears, and select "Text Visualizer."