How to convert a string containing escape characters to a string

Question

I have a string that is returned to me which contains escape characters.

Here is a sample string

"test\40gmail.com"

As you can see it contains escape characters. I need it to be converted to its real value which is

"test@gmail.com"

How can I do this?

user_530658 · Answer

.NET provides the static methods Regex.Unescape and Regex.Escape to perform this task and back again. Regex.Unescape will do what you need.