string with new line inside resources

[vin]

Hello,

I use ResourceManager.GetString Method to get a string from a resources file. The problem comes when I try to put new line inside the string. Get string returns the text like this

@"this is a test \r\n new line" ...
when I try to print the text it shows "\r\n" literally and does not go to new line...

Any ideas how to insert text with new lines inside it in the resources?

[MadHatter]

string s = "this is a test \r\n new line";

or

string s = @"this is a test
new line";

[vin]

I mean that the ResourceManager.GetString method returns the string like this:
@"this is a test \r\n new line"

so when I try to print I dont get a new line but the \r\n comes as literals.

[cilu]

Well, the behaviour is perfectly ok. The @ creates a verbatim string, i.e. a string that is exactly how it looks (something like WYSIWYG).

string s = @"c:\folder\file.txt";

and

string s = "c:\\folder\\file.txt";

are the same.
In your case:

string s = @"this is a test \r\n new line";

is the same with

string s = "this is a test \\r\\n new line";

Do what MadHatter indicated.

[vin]

ok but I would like to reverse the string not to be verbatium ...

The question is, how to put string with new line inside it in the resource file.

[mehdi62b]

I mean that the ResourceManager.GetString method returns the string like this:
@"this is a test \r\n new line"

so when I try to print I dont get a new line but the \r\n comes as literals.

you should get that..I can't get your meaning..then when you set that string to a control it's rendered as a newline.

[MadHatter]

@"this is a test
new line";

[DanielSchaffer]

Just to clarify/add on to what the others are saying...

The @ character before a string in C# signifies that everything in between the two double quotes will be included literally into the string.

SO, if you happen to have a line break between the two quotes, that means that the line break will be included in the string. Likewise, the C# escape character ("\") will be considered not an escape character, but just a literal backslash, which means any escape sequences (n, r, etc...) after the backslash will also be considered just plain literal characters.

[mmetzger]

In other words, if I'm getting your request (ie, turn the literal \r\n back into an interpreted \r\n) try this:

string str = @"Blah Blah\r\nBlah Blah";

string newstr = str.Replace("\\r\\n", "\r\n"));

Or a full example:

using System;
using System.Text;

namespace ReplaceTextConsole
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Summary description for Class1.
	/// </summary>
	class Class1
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// The main entry point for the application.
		/// </summary>
		[STAThread]
		static void Main(string[] args)
		{
			string str = @"Blah Blah\r\nBlah Blah";

			Console.WriteLine("Literal String:");
			Console.WriteLine(str);
			Console.WriteLine();

			Console.WriteLine("Modified String:");
			Console.WriteLine(str.Replace("\\r\\n", "\r\n"));

			Console.ReadLine();
		}
	}
}

[vin]

Thanks mmetzger that works fine.

[Andy Tacker]

now that's funny VIN...