VB Escape Character?

Andrew_b · Post by **Andrew_b** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:35 am

What is the escape character for VB?

I'm using Visual Studio 2008, and when I need to add quotes in a message, it always thinks I'm closing my message.

Here's my code:

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MessageBox.Show("Some one said to me \"Oh Dear\"")

I know this should be simple, but it is not working.

ShadowSpartan · Post by **ShadowSpartan** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 1:32 pm

The only way I know of doing it, is using the Chr() function. Here is what the code will look like.

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MessageBox.Show("Someone said to me " & Chr(34) & "Oh Dear" & Chr(34))

Andrew_b · Post by **Andrew_b** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 2:45 pm

Yeah, seems the basic languages are a bit too basic.

Domnio · Post by **Domnio** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 2:53 pm

that should work o.O

Damn that's why I stick to C++ lol

where char is simply a key word integer type and not a function lol

ImpactPro · Post by **ImpactPro** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:42 pm

Escape Character? As in newline? I am not very up on the terms but for C# it is \r\n.

OwnZ joO · Post by **OwnZ joO** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:36 pm

No, escape means it signifies that a special character is coming. For example to have quotes inside of a string you would have to do this:
"A wise man once said \"Something\""
If you don't have the escape character in front of the quotes then it would end the string right after said.

ImpactPro · Post by **ImpactPro** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:12 am

ah, I see now.