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C# C# Streams and Data Processing Reading Data Working with Files

Tojo Alex
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Tojo Alex
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Tojo Alex
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what is this?

I don't get : The "\" portion of the above string is called an sequence. Please could you tell me.

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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When you place a backslash in front of another character, it removes any special meaning the following character would otherwise have. This includes other backslash characters.

This is called an escape sequence.