How to resolve amp; is not printed in output when string is prefixed with & symbol

Question

Hi Everyone,

I am trying to print the text "AB&C", wherein amp; is not printed in output when it has & as prefix character.

I have tried with different datatypes var, dynamic however no luck. So as of now i have done workaround using string.Replace to print the desired string.

Workaround Done :  name = name.Replace("&", "&");

Is there any solution is available to achieve this? I have added below code snippet and output image for reference.

Code Snippet:

using System; 

namespace HelloWorld 

{ 

  class Program 

  { 

    static void Main(string[] args) 

    { 

      string temp = "ABamp;C"; 

      Console.WriteLine("Without Ampersand Symbol amp; text is printed: " + temp);  

      temp = "AB&C"; 

      Console.WriteLine("With Ampersand Symbol amp; text is not printed when placed in prefix: " + temp);  

      temp = "A&Bamp;C"; 

      Console.WriteLine("With Ampersand Symbol amp; text is printed: " + temp);  

    } 

  } 

}

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Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hi @Anonymous , Welcome to Microsoft Q&A,

In fact, both .net 6 and .net framework 4.8 in VS 2022 17.7.1 have been tested, and your situation does not appear.

You can choose to repair VS. Or try to use the '@' keyword to ensure that the string is read normally.

Best Regards,

Jiale

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