what is wrong in this string?

Question

string.Format("{Find Name='{0}'}", name)

it throws Exception at runtime saying input string was in wrong format. What is wrong in this string?

Answer 1

You need to escape the '{ characters in String.Format:

string.Format( "{{Find Name='{0}'}}", name )

See the following for more details:

How to escape braces (curly brackets) in a format string in .NET

Answer 2

Curly braces have a special meaning in formatting strings, and thus need to be escaped. Simply double the literal braces from { to {{ and } to }}:

string.Format("{{Find Name='{0}'}}", name)