escape for "{" inside C# 6 string interpolation [duplicate]

Question

I am hoping to use a "{" inside a string interpolation statement but I'm having trouble finding the escape character to do it.

var val = "ERROR_STATE"; var str = $"if(inErrorState){ send 1,\"{val}\" }"

Desired output:

if(inErrorState){send 1,"ERROR_STATE"}

The simple solution is to just not use string interpolation, but I think this way of doing it is easier to read.

Sergey Berezovskiy · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-24 13:33:49Z

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Type { twice to escape it:

$"if(inErrorState){{send 1, \"{val}\" }}"

BTW you can do the same with double quotes.

answered Feb 24, 2017 at 13:33

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BTW you can do the same [(typing it twice to escape it)] with double quotes. - only if you use @$"..." instead of $"...".