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Asked: 2026-05-13T01:54:05+00:00

If I needed to escape a double quote character within a string literal I’d

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If I needed to escape a double quote character within a string literal I’d use two consecutive double quotes as follows:

Dim name = "Chuck ""Iceman"" Liddell"

However, it doesn’t seem like consecutive # works the same way. The compiler is expecting a compiler directive to follow the # character, even when its enclosed in double quotes. How can tell the compiler that I want a # character in my string?

Thanks!

EDIT: as a few of the answers below point out, # is not a reserved character. I closed my solution in Visual Studio and re-opened it and no longer got the compiler squiggles warning me. Thanks!

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  1. Editorial Team

    # is not a reserved character in a VB.NET string literal.

    Dim test = "#" ' no error
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