Const variable with dot

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Hi Good Day,

I would like to ask..

I met this code and I tried to run... they say it is already working.. but I encountered an error..

C#

const string my.var  = " ";

I encountered an error in Visual Studio, but my colleagues told me that it is working.. I just can't figure it out...

Please help. Thanks.

What I have tried:

Already researched about const variable name with dot.. but can't find any..

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No error when using VS 2013 Express, Errors on VS 2012, or 2015.

Posted 28-Feb-16 16:04pm

berrymaria

Updated 28-Feb-16 17:10pm

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Peter_in_2780 · Answer 1 · 2016-02-28T17:10:00

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"Dot" is not a valid character in a symbol (such as a variable name). It represents the membership operator. So my.var reads as "the member var of object/struct/whatever my ".

Posted 28-Feb-16 17:10pm

Peter_in_2780

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berrymaria 1-Mar-16 3:53am

Hi Sir, this is the example.. Please advise? This line runs in VS 2013..

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28759525/middle%20dot.png

but doesn't in VS2015/2015 ..

Peter_in_2780 1-Mar-16 5:50am

The character in your example is NOT "dot" (\u002e). I suggest your VS2013 environment is different, probably in terms of language/culture settings. This may be in VS or in Windows. If you are going to post a question like this, you should show us the exact code involved, not your "translation" of it, which is totally misleading. Also, you should post the exact error message from the failure.

berrymaria 1-Mar-16 20:21pm

Hi Sir, I tried this..

Works in VS 2005/2012.. (I set the Encoding in VS2005 to Unicode - CodePage 1200)
public const string バー・ = "0";

Errors in VS2015:
public const string バー・ = "0";

Error CS1056 Unexpected character '・'