asp.net replace special character '\'

Question

I have a string ,it gives a source path from a png image ex:

C:\pictures\picture1.png

But I will replace the '\' character to '\ \' (two \ character )with this line :

my data is C:\pictures\picture1.png

 public string rep(string data) 
        {
            data.Replace('\','\\');
            return data;
        }

when I rite data.Replace('\','\') the next characters after '\' comes to description line what can I do I must use the file source so :

C:\\pictures\\picture1.png

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4543686/how-to-automatically-escape-the-path — algreat, Mar 19 '13 at 14:22

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 19 '13 at 14:03

3

You need this:

data = data.Replace("\\", "\\\\");

Backslashes must be doubled in strings.

(Or use "raw strings":

data = data.Replace(@"\", @"\\");

}

answered Mar 19 '13 at 14:03

RichieHindle

Icarus · Answer 2 · 2013-03-19T14:27:43.007

2

Your:

data.Replace("\","\\\\");

Line is not doing anything since Replace returns a new string with the result. Perhaps what you intend to do is data=data.Replace()...?

edited Mar 19 '13 at 14:27

answered Mar 19 '13 at 14:04

Icarus

2 Answers2