Unescape a string in C# Interactive

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In VS 14 if I type (in the C# Interactive window) for examle Environment.CurrentDirectory it says "C:\\Users\\some.username". How can I get "C:\Users\some.username" instead, without manually deleting characters?

Possible duplicate of [How can I remove the escape characters from this string?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22289922/how-can-i-remove-the-escape-characters-from-this-string) — Dan Field, Mar 08 '16 at 19:33

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 08 '16 at 19:33

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Use Console.WriteLine(value):

> Console.WriteLine(Environment.CurrentDirectory)
C:\Users\
>

answered Mar 08 '16 at 19:33

Novakov

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It would, technicaly, be `Console.WriteLine($"\"{Environment.CurrentDirectory}\"")`. :) – Paulo Morgado Mar 08 '16 at 22:33

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 08 '16 at 19:33

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The debugger will show it as double slash but if you check the variable, it will be with the single slash. The debugger displays it as you would expect when escaping in C# code but the underlying value is what you would expect (i.e "C:\Users\some.username").

answered Mar 08 '16 at 19:33

keyboardP

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Debugger? The question asks about C# Interactive. – svick Mar 08 '16 at 22:52
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That's true, my bad. Principle still stands, possibly because it's using the same display method as the debugger. – keyboardP Mar 09 '16 at 19:33

Unescape a string in C# Interactive

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