ProjectCollection.Escape(String) Method
Definition
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Escape a string using MSBuild escaping format. For example, "%3b" for ";". Only characters that are especially significant to MSBuild parsing are escaped. Callers can use this method to make a string safe to be parsed to other methods that would otherwise expand it; or to make a string safe to be written to a project file.
public:
static System::String ^ Escape(System::String ^ unescapedString);public static string Escape (string unescapedString);static member Escape : string -> stringPublic Shared Function Escape (unescapedString As String) As StringParameters
- unescapedString
- String
The string to be converted.
Returns
The converted string.
Remarks
For example, "%3b" for ";". Only characters that are especially significant to MSBuild parsing are converted. Callers can use this method to make a string safe to be parsed by other methods that would otherwise expand it. Callers can also use this method to make a string safe to be written to a project file.