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0034 Escape sequence for strings

string type supports all escape sequence from char type. Char Meaning Value \' Single quote 0x0027 \" Double quote 0x0022 \\ Backslash 0x005C \0 Null 0x0000 \a Alert 0x0007 \b Backspace 0x0008 \f Form feed 0x000C \n New line 0x000A \r Carriage return 0x000D \t Horizontal tab 0x0009 \v Vertical tab 0x000B The following example shows how to create a path string in C#. using System; class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { string path = "c:\\a\\c\\d.exe"; Console.WriteLine(path); } } The output: c:\a\c\d.exe