String Input Variables "@"

[RodS7]

When I looked at examples of setting up a string input variable, the code was:

private string variableName = @"default string";


What does the "@" do?

Rod

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello Rod,

Thank you for your post.

The @ symbol is used when referencing a directory on your PC. If you are simply adding a String input, such as a message the user can type in, then the @ symbol is not necessary.

For information on Strings in C# please visit the following link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...em.string.aspx

Please let me know if you have any questions.

[RodS7]

thanks Patrick

[koganam]

When I looked at examples of setting up a string input variable, the code was:

private string variableName = @"default string";


What does the "@" do?

Rod

The "@" makes the string a verbatim string literal.

Verbatim string literals start with @ and are also enclosed in double quotation marks.

The advantage of verbatim strings is that escape sequences are not processed, which makes it easy to write, for example, a fully qualified file name:

@"c:\Docs\Source\a.txt" rather than "c:\\Docs\\Source\\a.txt"