Question

Can anyone please suggest a way to replace back-slash ‘\’ with slash ‘/’ in a string. Basically the string is a path. I have tried using Replace() method of string, but its not working.

Thanks

Answer 1

You’ll need to capture the result of the Replace (strings are immutable), and ensure you use character-escaping for the \:

string path = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
path = path.Replace("\\", "/");

For info; most of the inbuilt methods will accept either, and assuming you are on Windows, \ would be more common anyway. If you want a uri, then use a Uri:

string path = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
Uri uri = new Uri(path); // displays as "file:///C:/Users/mgravell/AppData/Local/Temporary Projects/ConsoleApplication1/bin/Debug"
string abs = uri.AbsolutePath; // "C:/Users/mgravell/AppData/Local/Temporary%20Projects/ConsoleApplication1/bin/Debug"