How to Write to a Text file with Double quotes?

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Hi can some one tell me how to Write to a Text file with Double quotes?

Actually i want to text-file with the Following format

<<MAWB>>,"160-3636 4834",2012/06/12,"CX500",2012/06/08,17,0

But it is bit of hard to write with (") mark:

what i get is :
<<MAWB>>,160-3636 4834,2012/06/12,CX500,2012/06/08,17,0

Not what i expected.hence can some one could tell me a method for write the text file with a (")mark ,that would be a great help for me.Thanks in Advance!!!i mean how to perse the String with double quotes

<<MAWB>>,160-3636 4834,2012/06/12,CX500,2012/06/08,17,0  TO <br />
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<<MAWB>>,"160-3636 4834",2012/06/12,"CX500",2012/06/08,17,0

Posted 7-Jun-12 20:37pm

Hesha

Updated 22-Jul-17 4:34am

Rajesh Anuhya

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VJ Reddy 8-Jun-12 4:23am

Thank you for accepting the solution :)

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mmm3743 · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-07T20:44:00

Solution 1

To write Double quotes I put \" in string.Example:

C#

textBox1.Text = "He sad:\"When life gives you lemon, you make a lemon party\"";

Posted 7-Jun-12 20:44pm

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Manas Bhardwaj 8-Jun-12 2:46am

correct +5!

Rajesh Anuhya 8-Jun-12 3:18am

Good Answer, +5

VJ Reddy 8-Jun-12 4:26am

Good answer. 5!

Manas Bhardwaj · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-07T20:45:00

Solution 2

Like this:

C#

string textToWrite = "<<MAWB>>,\"160-3636 4834\",2012/06/12,\"CX500\",2012/06/03,17,0";

File.WriteAllText(@"C:\Temp\temp.txt", textToWrite);

Look at MSDN documentation [^]for details.

Posted 7-Jun-12 20:45pm

Manas Bhardwaj

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VJ Reddy 8-Jun-12 4:26am

Good answer. 5!

Manas Bhardwaj 8-Jun-12 5:04am

Thanks!

Vani Kulkarni · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-07T20:48:00

Solution 3

Try to include escape charater [i.e.,back slash] in the code where you are trying to add double quotes.

For ex: "\" YOUR DATA \""

Look for below pointers:
http://forums.asp.net/t/1053221.aspx/1[^]

http://forums.codeguru.com/showthread.php?t=368839[^]

Posted 7-Jun-12 20:48pm

Vani Kulkarni

Updated 7-Jun-12 21:17pm

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VJ Reddy 8-Jun-12 4:27am

Good answer. 5!

VJ Reddy · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-07T22:17:00

Solution 5

The Solutions already given with a suggestion to use \" are good.

As an alternative if you want to use verbatim string literal explained here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa691090(v=vs.71).aspx[^] then "" can be used to include " within a string as shown below:

C#

string text = @"<<MAWB>>,""160-3636 4834"",2012/06/12,""CX500"",2012/06/03,17,0";
System.IO.File.WriteAllText(outFile,text);

//Content of outFile
//<<MAWB>>,"160-3636 4834",2012/06/12,"CX500",2012/06/03,17,0

Posted 7-Jun-12 22:17pm

VJ Reddy

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Hesha 8-Jun-12 4:24am

Thanks Lot VJ Reddy , HIMACHALI , Vani Kulkarni,Manas Bhardwaj For your Support!!! Again Thanks a Lot!!!

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vangapally Naveen Kumar 8-Jun-12 4:42am

Already answer is given then why you repost the same answer ?

VJ Reddy 8-Jun-12 4:47am

The answer is not same. In the earlier answers. \" was suggested for ", which I already stated in my solution.

Whereas in my solution I have given "" for " by using verbatim string literal like @"...".
It is easy to use verbatim string instead of remembering which characters are to be escaped (eg. \\, \' etc.) as given here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/h21280bw.aspx, in the normal string as these characters can be given normally in verbatim string literal except ". For " in verbatim string literal "" can be used.

Hope I clarified my position.
Thank you :)

vangapally Naveen Kumar 8-Jun-12 4:57am

Ok ..........

Manas Bhardwaj 8-Jun-12 5:20am

correct +5

VJ Reddy 8-Jun-12 5:57am

Thank you, Manas :)