The @ symbol in front of some strings

[Water Cooler v2]

I see this @ character a lot in front of C# strings. I searched the documentation online but coult not come up with the page that explains this symbol. What is it used for?

[john tindell]

It gives you the literal string, not the escaped string.

strS1 = @"c:\windows\system32\";
strS2 = "c:\\windows\\system32\\";

Would be the same thing.

[uniquegodwin]

What does that mean? You mean,It makes no difference?

[dynamic_sysop]

yep exactly, just saves the fingers a little
but ...
You can also use the / slash instead of the \
eg:

[COLOR=Blue]private void[/COLOR] button1_Click([COLOR=Blue]object[/COLOR] sender, System.EventArgs e) 
        { 
            [COLOR=Blue]string[/COLOR] path = "C:/Documents and Settings/den/My Documents/My Pictures/twins.jpg"; 
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start( path ); 
        }

[uniquegodwin]

Hey Dynamic...
Since when was this possible?
This is Amazing...I remember this didnt work long ago...I wonder when both slashes meant the same.This is Awesome.Thanks so much for this info.

[wossname]

Its general practice to always use @"" when you are doing paths. Using normal "" way is generally reserved for inline markup like "Hello\nWorld".

[uniquegodwin]

Roger that...