Question

After searching the web and reading docs on MSDN, I couldn’t find any examples of how to replicate a tab character in C#. I was going to post a question here when I finally figured it out…

I’m sure it is obvious to those fluent in C#, but there were SO many similar questions in various forums, I thought an example was worth posting (for those still learning C# like me). Key points:

1. use “double-quotes” for a string
2. use ‘single-quotes’ for a char
3. \t in a string is converted to a tab: "John\tSmith"
4. '\t' by itself is like a tab const

Here is some code to add tabs to the front of an HTML line, and end it with a newline:

public static string FormatHTMLLine(int Indent, string Value)
{
  return new string('\t', Indent) + Value + "\n";
}

You could also use:

string s = new string('\t', Indent);

Is this the most efficient way to replicate tabs in C#? Since I’m not yet ‘fluent’, I would appreciate any pointers.

Answer 1

Yes, I think this is the best way.

The string constructor you are using constructs a string containing the character you specify as the first argument repeated count times, where count is the second argument.