String Replace not replacing single quotes

Question

String not replacing Single Quotes with required characters

string abc = "STA\'ASTEST";
if (abc.Contains("'"))

{

abc.Replace("'", "\\'");                
}

Capture the result of `Replace`. – Kenneth K. May 23 '17 at 19:59 — Kenneth K., May 23 '17 at 19:59
Need STA\\'ASTEST instead of STA'ASTEST. – Krunal May 23 '17 at 19:59 — Krunal, May 23 '17 at 19:59
did you try. abc = abc.Replace("'", "\\'"); – Jonathas Sucupira May 23 '17 at 20:00 — Jonathas Sucupira, May 23 '17 at 20:00

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 23 '17 at 20:00

You are doing the replace but not assigning the result to any variable.

I assume you want to assign the result to abc

string abc = "STA\'ASTEST"; 

if (abc.Contains("'"))
{
      abc = abc.Replace("'", "\'");
}

It is also redundant to have the if (abc.Contains("'")) because the Replace function will only replace if the expression to replace actually exists. So you can just write:

abc = abc.Replace("'", "\'");

String Replace not replacing single quotes

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