Question

How can i set the following text to a variable of type string?

<li><a href='#M'>M</a></li>
<li><a href='#B'>B</a></li>
<li><a href='#K'>K</a></li>

Is there any simple way i can set a string variable with a code similar to the bellow:

StringWriter s = new StringWriter();
s.WriteLine("{0}", @"
<li><a href='#M'>M</a></li>
<li><a href='#B'>B</a></li>
<li><a href='#K'>K</a></li>
"); 

Answer 1

Firstly you need to escape " inside your string (do this with a \), secondly you either need to make it single line or you need to concatenate each line:

StringWriter s = new StringWriter();
// string in single line
s.WriteLine("{0}", 
    "<li><a href=\"#M\">M</a></li><li><a href=\"#B\">B</a></li><li><a href=\"#K\">K</a></li>");

// lines are concatenated
s.WriteLine("{0}", 
    "<li><a href=\"#M\">M</a></li>" +
    "<li><a href=\"#B\">B</a></li>" + 
    "<li><a href=\"#K\">K</a></li>"
);

In this case I’d prefer to use single line string.