Question

I’m referring to the syntax for writing strings in code, including multiline strings and verbatim strings.

(Context: I’m working on a tool that scans code, and it’s important to determine when tokens are inside a string.)

Thanks!

Answer 1

Here’s a quick breakdown between languages

• Managed C++: Supports string literals much in the way that vanilla C,C++ or C# does. That is strings are designated by ” and allow for character escape sequences in the middle via a \.
• C#: Supports normal string literals (essentially same syntax as Managed C++) and verbatim string literals. Verbatim string literals start with @" and do not support character escape sequences (with the exception of “” which designates a single “). They can span multiple lines and all whitespace is significant
• VB.Net: Strings are delimited by “‘s and no escape sequences are supported