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> [What's the @ in front of a string for .NET?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/556133/whats-the-in-front-of-a-string-for-net) 
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I understand using the `@` symbol is like an escape character for a string.

However, I have the following line as a path to store a file to a mapped network drive:

`String location = @"\\192.168.2.10\datastore\\" + id + "\\";`

The above works fine but now I would like to get a string from the command line so I have done this:

`String location = @args[0] + id + "\\";`

The above doesn't work and it seems my slashes aren't ignored. This my command:

`MyProgram.exe "\\192.168.2.10\datastore\\"`

How can I get the effect of the `@` symbol back?

Answer: 
It is used for two things:

* create "verbatim" strings (ignores the escape character): `string path = @"C:\Windows"`
* escape language keywords to use them as identifiers: `string @class = "foo"`

In your case you need to do this:

```
String location = args[0] + id + @"\\";

```
In this case you may not need to use @; just make it

```
String location = args[0] + id + "\\";

```