String.TranslateEscapes Method

Definition

Returns a string whose value is this string, with escape sequences translated as if in a string literal.

[Android.Runtime.Register("translateEscapes", "()Ljava/lang/String;", "", ApiSince=34)]
public string TranslateEscapes ();
[<Android.Runtime.Register("translateEscapes", "()Ljava/lang/String;", "", ApiSince=34)>]
member this.TranslateEscapes : unit -> string

Returns

String with escape sequences translated.

Attributes

Remarks

Returns a string whose value is this string, with escape sequences translated as if in a string literal.

Escape sequences are translated as follows; <table class="striped"> <caption style="display:none">Translation</caption> <thead> <tr> <th scope="col">Escape</th> <th scope="col">Name</th> <th scope="col">Translation</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <th scope="row">\u005Cb</th> <td>backspace</td> <td>U+0008</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">\u005Ct</th> <td>horizontal tab</td> <td>U+0009</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">\u005Cn</th> <td>line feed</td> <td>U+000A</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">\u005Cf</th> <td>form feed</td> <td>U+000C</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">\u005Cr</th> <td>carriage return</td> <td>U+000D</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">\u005Cs</th> <td>space</td> <td>U+0020</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">\u005C"</th> <td>double quote</td> <td>U+0022</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">\u005C'</th> <td>single quote</td> <td>U+0027</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">\u005C\u005C</th> <td>backslash</td> <td>U+005C</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">\u005C0 - \u005C377</th> <td>octal escape</td> <td>code point equivalents</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">\u005C<line-terminator></th> <td>continuation</td> <td>discard</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Added in 15.

Java documentation for java.lang.String.translateEscapes().

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