Uri.ToString Method ()
Gets a canonical string representation for the specified Uri instance.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
<SecurityPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, Flags := SecurityPermissionFlag.Infrastructure)> Public Overrides Function ToString As String
Return Value
Type: System.StringA String instance that contains the unescaped canonical representation of the Uri instance. All characters are unescaped except #, ?, and %.
The string returned by this method does not contain port information when the port is the default port for the scheme.
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The string returned by the ToString method may contain control characters, which can corrupt the state of a console application. You can use the GetComponents method with the UriFormat.SafeUnescaped format to remove control characters from the returned string. |
The following example creates a new Uri instance from a string. It illustrates the difference between the value returned from OriginalString, which returns the string that was passed to the constructor, and from a call to ToString, which returns the canonical form of the string.
' Create a new Uri from a string address.
Dim uriAddress As New Uri("HTTP://www.Contoso.com:80/thick%20and%20thin.htm")
' Write the new Uri to the console and note the difference in the two values.
' ToString() gives the canonical version. OriginalString gives the orginal
' string that was passed to the constructor.
' The following outputs "http://www.contoso.com/thick and thin.htm".
Console.WriteLine(uriAddress.ToString())
' The following outputs "HTTP://www.Contoso.com:80/thick%20and%20thin.htm".
Console.WriteLine(uriAddress.OriginalString)
End Sub 'SampleToString
to prevent partially trusted code from deriving from Uri. Associated enumeration: Infrastructure.
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
