How to convert literal string to normal string in c#

Question

For example: mystr="\"http:\\/\\/somedomain.com\"";

i want to convert this string to "http://somedomain.com";

HttpUtility.HtmlDecode and HttpUtility.UrlDecode dont work

how can convert this?

Sample string represents ( "http:\/\/somedomain.com" )

jtimperley
– jtimperley

2012-09-22 05:20:00 +00:00
Commented Sep 22, 2012 at 5:20 — jtimperley
– jtimperley, Commented Sep 22, 2012 at 5:20
ebattu, are the double escapes after http correct?

Henk Holterman
– Henk Holterman

2012-09-22 08:20:49 +00:00
Commented Sep 22, 2012 at 8:20 — Henk Holterman
– Henk Holterman, Commented Sep 22, 2012 at 8:20

turtlepick · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-24 16:24:39Z

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This is because you need to escape the "\" and the quotes (") character in C#. There is no Encoding / Decoding to do. If you want to get rid of the confusing backslashes add a @ before your string

myStr = @"http://www.google.com"

Nevertheless, your string looks weird so you will need to get the text inside the quotes and then remove those weirdly placed "\" in the http:// part.

edited Sep 24, 2012 at 16:24

answered Sep 22, 2012 at 5:13

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ebattulga Over a year ago

this is dynamic string. not static

ebattulga Over a year ago

When i parsing json using result=jsonValue.Parse(text).asDynamic(). After result.domain` contains literal string. I need to convert result.domain

turtlepick Over a year ago

jike @jtimperley mentioned your encoding looks funky. There might be a way to get the value you need more easily. if not, you need to strip the quotes. Then just remove all "\" (considering it's a URI they shouldn't be there anyways...).

ebattulga Over a year ago

When i debugging result.domain error: cannot debug dynamic value. Next time string mystr=result.domain.ToString(); Then watch mystr in debugger, looks like "\"http:\\/\\/somedomain.com\""

Mr_Green Over a year ago

I am not that much in c# but this link may help you. @ebattulga

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