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c# line break not working

I have the following code segement in c#

public static string ApprovedEmailForNonSAPBody =
            @"
Request ID: <RequestID> \n
Requestor: <Requestor> \n
Request Type: <RequestType> \n
Customer: <Customer> \n
Plant: <Plant> \n
Total: <Total> \n
Damages: <Damages> \n
Reason: <Reason> \n
Corrective Action: <CorrectiveAction> \n

Debit Credit Form <testlink>";

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Each of the < > also inserts text data.

When this renders to the page the \n are included in the output versus breaking the line.

How can I ensure each of these items breaks where I have put the \n?

For extra context here is the code that would fill the < >

     public string GetRejectEmailBody(int requestId)
        {
            var detailsLink = serverPath + "DrcrRequest/Details/" + requestId;
            var drcrRequest = _drcrDbContext.DrCrRequest.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == requestId);
            var rejectEmailBody = EmailConstants.RejectBody;
            var plant = _drcrDbContext.Plants.FirstOrDefault(x => x.PlantId == drcrRequest.PlantId).Name;
            var decimalTotal = drcrRequest.DrCrTotal;
            var formattedCurrencytotal = String.Format("{0:C}", decimalTotal);
            var decimalDamages = drcrRequest.DrCrTotalDowntime;
            var formattedCurrncyDamages = String.Format("{0:C}", decimalDamages);

            var result = rejectEmailBody.Replace("<RequestID>", requestId.ToString())
                                        .Replace("<RequestType>",
                                                 drcrRequest.RequestType.GetDescription()
                                                 [(int)drcrRequest.RequestType])
                                        .Replace("<Requestor>", drcrRequest.RequesterName)
                                        .Replace("<Reason>", drcrRequest.Reason)
                                        .Replace("<Customer>", drcrRequest.PayeeCustomerName)                                      
                                        .Replace("<CorrectiveAction>", drcrRequest.CorrectiveActionRequired)
                                        .Replace("<ApproverRole>", getRejectedByRoleName(requestId))
                                        .Replace("<ApproverComments>", getRejectionComments(requestId))
                                        .Replace("<Plant>", plant)
                                        .Replace("<Total>", formattedCurrencytotal)
                                        .Replace("<Damages>", formattedCurrncyDamages)
                                        .Replace("<DetailsLink>", detailsLink);

            return result;
        }

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Alex [***Alex140181***]

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Robb Hill

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so in doing that here is the strange situation I get.

Doing it the way you suggest if I do this...many times the lines run together...then if I change Corrective Action to CorrectiveAction it works. I am not sure how to make sense of this but I do need to esure nice formatting as this is used as the body of an email to customers.

Reason: <Reason>
Corrective Action: <CorrectiveAction>

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Robb Hill

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If I remove the @ cannot I still do the replace on <RequestID>

AndyAinscow

Please rephrase your last comment, I don't understand what you mean.

ps. Does the adjustment I suggested result in the line breaks you want.

Robb Hill

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@Andy

I am testing now. I had alot of strings to refactor.

@Alex your scenario kind of works but not not allow for the control needed for dynamic inserts of the string. Not knowing how much text will be there creates a bad display. But thank you for your answer as that clarifes the string difference.

Robb Hill

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@Andy:

refactoring as suggested...I still get items on same line.

public static string ApprovalBody =

"Request ID: <RequestID> \n " +
"Requestor: <Requestor> \n " +
"Request Type: <RequestType> \n " +
"Customer: <Customer> \n " +
"Plant: <Plant> \n " +
"Total: <Total> \n " +
"Damages: <Damages> \n " +
"Reason: <Reason> \n\n " +
"Corrective Action: <CorrectiveAction> \n\n\n" ;

It still seems that the last two lines...Reason and Corrective action run together....when using the @ if I manually broke 2 or 3 lines it was working. So you can see here i added two line breaks...

Eitherway I was hoping to prevent any runon regardless of how large "REASON" is

Robb Hill

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It seems that putting the \n\n after Reason and making to string was the best solution. That section was inserting a max 5000 character limit. My test was successful.

Thank you both for you help and knowledge on this subject.