Question regular expression (Error CS1056 Unexpected character '\')

[Vinayaka]

Hi ,

I am creating a regular expression to match a string like "id_no =":"Test12345" completely my pattern is ("id_no":")\w*" , I am getting an error like "unexpected character '\' CS1056 , Please suggest what might be the issue,

Thanks in Advance,
Vinayaka

 

[JohnH]

See here about string literals and escape sequences:
2.4.4.5 String literals (C#)
C# in Depth: Strings in C# and .NET