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C# string escape characters are only usable within literal strings. The escape characters are automatically converted to the actual characters they represent by the compiler, so the escape characters never exist by the time the app runs. If you want to do what you desribed, you will need to create a string conversion method that replaces the escape characters the same way the compiler does.
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C# string escape characters are only usable within literal strings. The escape characters are automatically converted to the actual characters they represent by the compiler, so the escape characters never exist by the time the app runs. If you want to do what you desribed, you will need to create a string conversion method that replaces the escape characters the same way the compiler does.

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I am trying to feed string.Format from a textbox input. When escape characters are entered in the textbox, the Text property is treated as a verbatim string, and I can't find a way to have this verbatim string interpretted as if it was a literal string. <br />
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txtFormat.Text contains the following string:<br />
'\t{0} - {1}\t\t{2}\r\n' <br />
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outputText.Text = string.Format(txtFormat.Te<wbr />xt, f.Name, f.Length, f.CreationTime, f.DirectoryName, f.LastAccessTime, f.LastWriteTime));<br />
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outputText.Text displays:<br />
'\tName - 9999\t\t1/1/1900\r\n'<br />
instead of <br />
' &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Name - 9999 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1/1/1900<br />
'
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I am trying to feed string.Format from a textbox input. When escape characters are entered in the textbox, the Text property is treated as a verbatim string, and I can't find a way to have this verbatim string interpretted as if it was a literal string. 

txtFormat.Text contains the following string:
'\t{0} - {1}\t\t{2}\r\n' 

outputText.Text = string.Format(txtFormat.Text, f.Name, f.Length, f.CreationTime, f.DirectoryName, f.LastAccessTime, f.LastWriteTime));

outputText.Text displays:
'\tName - 9999\t\t1/1/1900\r\n'
instead of 
'	Name - 9999		1/1/1900
'

c# Converting verbatim string to literal string

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