How do you write a tab (\t) inside a "@..." C# string? [duplicate]

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C# @“” how do i insert a tab?

I'm trying to just use the tab on my keyboard but the compiler interprets the tabs as spaces. Using \t won't work either, it will interpret it as \t literally. Is it not possible or am I missing something?

string str = @"\thi";
MessageBox.Show(str); // Shows "\thi"

Answer 1

Split your string and insert a \t where you want it?

var str = @"This is a" + "\t" + @"tab";

Answer 2

The whole point of a verbatim string literal is that escaping is turned off such that backslashes can be read as they are written. If you want escaping, then use a regular string literal (without the at symbol).

You could, of course, put a literal tab character (by pressing the tab key) within the string.

Answer 3

Another option is to specify the tab as a parameter in string.Format:

string.Format(@"XX{0}XX", "\t"); // yields "XX    XX"