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===Stropping===
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Actually a form of [[stropping (syntax)|stropping]], the use of many languages in Microsoft's [[.NET Framework|.NET]] [[Common Language Infrastructure]] (CLI) requires a way to use variables in a different language that may be keywords in a calling language. This is sometimes done by prefixes. In [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]], any variable names may be prefixed with "<code>@</code>". This is mainly used to allow the use of variable names that would otherwise conflict with keywords.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x53a06bb.aspx
|work=MSDN |title=C# Keywords |access-date=2011-03-23 }}</ref> The same is achieved in [[VB.Net]] by enclosing the name in square brackets, as in <code>[end]</code>.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/362314fe.aspx
|work=MSDN |title=string (C# Reference) |access-date=2011-03-23 }}</ref>

The "<code>@</code>" prefix can also be applied to string literals; see [[#Literal affixes|literal affixes]] below.