How do you write the tab (\ t) inside the line "@ ..." in C #?

Question

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C # @ "" how to insert a tab?

I'm trying to just use a tab on my keyboard, but the compiler interprets the tabs as spaces. Using \t will not work either, it will interpret it as \t literally. Is it impossible or am I missing something?

 string str = @"\thi"; MessageBox.Show(str); // Shows "\thi" 

Answer 1

in VS2010 - if you copy to the clipboard from a richtext application, and this content has a tab, I believe that it will be inserted into the VS2010 editor as such.

(I consider this on the side of the buggy and will not be surprised if the behavior changes in the future)

Answer 2

Separate the line and paste \t to where you want?

 var str = @"This is a" + "\t" + @"tab"; 

Answer 3

The whole point of a literal string literal is that escaping is disabled so that backslashes can be read as they are written. If you want to escape, use a regular string literal (without the at character).

You could, of course, put a literal tab character (by pressing the tab key) inside the line.

Answer 4

Another option is to specify the tab as a parameter in the .Format line:

 string.Format(@"XX{0}XX", "\t"); // yields "XX XX" 

Answer 5

You are using a string literal .

Instead, simply do the following:

 string str = "\thi"; MessageBox.Show(str);