.NET 7 Update: Raw String Literals in 10 Minutes or Less

Raw string literals are here in C# 11. And while they look wild, they actually have a good reason for existing. Let's see them in action in this 10-Minute Training video.

[Dultus]

I mean, that looks really weird but I know I'm gonna love this!
I sometimes have troubles with building patterns in Regex I copied from a builder like Regexr, so I can throw it in like that.
Thank you very much!

[dasfahrer]

Doug DeMuro approves of this quirks and features video for .NET 7 raw string literals.

[ABMedia]

Great video, I can see this being very useful generating specific file types properly (aka CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Python, etc) without a bunch of boilerplate code.

[johnnysong]

Things are in fact becoming more complicated as they appear simpler. Over time, we'll need to refactor all the string processing techniques to make life easier.

[ShuklaAayushi]

This is super helpful! Thanks a ton for such simple explanation. I was honestly too baffled to understand when I first started reading up on it. 👍

[saintinel]

Finally! I was waiting for it, years now :)

[simon-white]

Nice, was recently wanting something like this. Similar to Here-Strings in PowerShell with a bit of a clunkier implementation but more flexibility with the indent. Thanks for these updates.

[theobellash]

Learned something new… Thanks for posting

[mokshaGyanRam]

great man thanks it would be very helpful in json parsing and connections pulling.. thanks for tiip

[goodmanshawnhuang]

Thanks a lot Tim, seems I don't have to use string template4 anymore?

[crogon-yt]

I really wish there was a compiler option or something to enable this for older versions of .NET. I write so much stuff with little SQL and other non-C# code snippets for .NET Framework 4.8 (external requirement; can't be helped). So far I've always just put it as a verbatim literal but I'm constantly fighting with colleagues about the formatting.
Their solution is to put every line of foreign code as a separate string then a + Envrionment.NewLine + at the end and then the next line. I mean yes everything is correctly indented now but it's sooo impractical. Especially if you want to copy things back and forth between editors and the IDE.
And if I indent my verbatim literals I am now the forever keeper of the correct indentation of that bit of code and it's a pain to read while debugging.
Anyway, great video. 👍

[hqcart]

Finally, the worst thing in C# is fixed for good!

[williamliu]

I have a question, does this "Raw String Literals" feature from c#11 or .net 7? Looks I can use it in a net6 project with setting the LangVersion to preview. I am a bit confused between the .net version feature and the c# language version feature.

[theMagos]

Not neccessarily related to raw string literals, but if the "level" string contains a quotation character ( " ) how do you properly encode it? (some helper function?)

[jhonatanjacinto]

I think it's just too messy to work with. Whatever the situation I may find myself thinking of working with it I'll definitely try another solution... Hahaha.

[micro]

Great Video, but I think I porefer the old way.

[Gabeyre]

What a confusing way to do simple string manipulation.