left(string, length) or right(string, length)?

[Sam]

I want to divide character into 2 section.

Example, 200412 divided into 2004 in A block and 12 in B block.

Please advise how to use left(string, length) or right(string, length) for above request.

Many thanks in advance.

[Karl Seguin]

Sam,
These questions are always hard to answer because we aren't 100% clear on how you want to split it. Will it always be the first 4 characters in the first block? Or will it always be the last 2 in the 2nd block? Or are they the same because the block will always be 6 characters?

Anyways, assuming it'll always be XXXXYY then I'd do:

Dim originalString As String = "200412"
Dim aBlock As String = originalString. Substring(0, 4)
Dim bBlock As String = originalString. Substring(4)

I prefer subString over left and right because it's more .net frameworkish (that is it'll work in C# as well)

Karl

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"Sam" <cy********@hot mail.com> wrote in message news:Os******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...
I want to divide character into 2 section.

Example, 200412 divided into 2004 in A block and 12 in B block.

Please advise how to use left(string, length) or right(string, length) for above request.

Many thanks in advance.

[Sam]

It's mean aBlock is 2004 and bBlock is 12?

Yes, I want it split off, 2004 and 12 of 200412.

Do I need to declare something before originalString. Substring? Explicit Options?

"Karl Seguin" <karl REMOVE @ REMOVE openmymind REMOVEMETOO . ANDME net> wrote in message news:e%******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP09.phx.gbl. ..
Sam,
These questions are always hard to answer because we aren't 100% clear on how you want to split it. Will it always be the first 4 characters in the first block? Or will it always be the last 2 in the 2nd block? Or are they the same because the block will always be 6 characters?

Anyways, assuming it'll always be XXXXYY then I'd do:

Dim originalString As String = "200412"
Dim aBlock As String = originalString. Substring(0, 4)
Dim bBlock As String = originalString. Substring(4)

I prefer subString over left and right because it's more .net frameworkish (that is it'll work in C# as well)

Karl

--
MY ASP.Net tutorials
http://www.openmymind.net/
"Sam" <cy********@hot mail.com> wrote in message news:Os******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...
I want to divide character into 2 section.

Example, 200412 divided into 2004 in A block and 12 in B block.

Please advise how to use left(string, length) or right(string, length) for above request.

Many thanks in advance.

[Karl Seguin]

Sam:
Everything in the code I gave you is explicitely declared....I'm making use of three variables "originalString " , "aBlock" and "bBlock" Option Explicit is automatically turned on in VB.Net

Karl

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"Sam" <cy********@hot mail.com> wrote in message news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP10.phx.gbl. ..
It's mean aBlock is 2004 and bBlock is 12?

Yes, I want it split off, 2004 and 12 of 200412.

Do I need to declare something before originalString. Substring? Explicit Options?

"Karl Seguin" <karl REMOVE @ REMOVE openmymind REMOVEMETOO . ANDME net> wrote in message news:e%******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP09.phx.gbl. ..
Sam,
These questions are always hard to answer because we aren't 100% clear on how you want to split it. Will it always be the first 4 characters in the first block? Or will it always be the last 2 in the 2nd block? Or are they the same because the block will always be 6 characters?

Anyways, assuming it'll always be XXXXYY then I'd do:

Dim originalString As String = "200412"
Dim aBlock As String = originalString. Substring(0, 4)
Dim bBlock As String = originalString. Substring(4)

I prefer subString over left and right because it's more .net frameworkish (that is it'll work in C# as well)

Karl

--
MY ASP.Net tutorials
http://www.openmymind.net/
"Sam" <cy********@hot mail.com> wrote in message news:Os******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...
I want to divide character into 2 section.

Example, 200412 divided into 2004 in A block and 12 in B block.

Please advise how to use left(string, length) or right(string, length) for above request.

Many thanks in advance.