The @ sign in C#

The @ symbol serves 2 purposes in C#:

#1 allows you to use a reserved keyword as a variable like this:

int @int = 15;

#2 lets you specify a string without having to escape any characters. For instance the '\' character is an escape character so typically you would need to do this:

var myString = "c:\\myfolder\\myfile.txt"

alternatively you can do this:

var myString = @"c:\myFolder\myfile.txt"

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