how to convert escape characters?

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Hi,

Im searching for a method in the framework to convert escape sequences (like "n") into their binary counterpart (like 0x0a). To be clear, heres a function in C++ that does the job:

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char* ConvertEscapeChars(char* str)
{
   char* result = new char[strlen(str)];

   sprintf(result,str);

   return result;
}

Of course this question is quite theoretical. I am aware that

 - One could do it with a series of replacements
 - One could do it with Interop
 - .NET has a different way of formatting strings

Anyway Id like to know if there is a way to do this directly with some method in the .NET framework? There must be some, since the C# compiler does just this conversion when parsing strings in the source code. Besides, the opposite conversion goes like this:

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string ConvertToEscapedString(string str)
{
   StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();

   CodeExpression expr = new CodePrimitiveExpression(str);

   new CSharpCodeProvider().GenerateCodeFromExpression(expr, sw, new CodeGeneratorOptions());

   return sw.ToString();
}

Thanks,
Stefan



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