Question

I have a StringBuilder object and wanted to used its Append() method to add this whole string to it:

so I used “@” and copy pasted that whole string like this, but it gives a lot of errors such as “; expected “, “Invalid Expression ‘<‘” , etc

myString.Append(@"COPY-PASTED-THAT_WHOLE-STRING");

What is the correct way of adding this string to my string builder object?

Thank you.

Answer 1

Double-quotes (") inside the string you want to paste need to be escaped by being replaced with two consecutive double-quotes, as in "". Here’s a trick to use:

• Paste your string into a new instance of Notepad
• Replace all double quotes (") with two double quotes ("")
• Select and copy the content from Notepad back into clipboard
• Paste it into @"…" in your code/text editor

From C# docs:

In a verbatim string literal, the characters between the delimiters
are interpreted verbatim, the only exception being a
quote-escape-sequence.