ProjectCollection.Escape(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.Build.Evaluation

Assembly:

Microsoft.Build.dll

Package:

Microsoft.Build v17.9.5

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 -> string

Public Shared Function Escape (unescapedString As String) As String

Parameters

unescapedString

String

The string to be converted.

Returns

String

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.