I have a table in the database with a phone number field. The phone number
is stored without any punctuation (e. g. 9995551234). I wish to take that
string and format it for display (e. g. (999) 555-1234).
I know that I can use the .substring method of the string class to get the
characters I want and format it:
Dim s As String
With strPhone
s = "(" & .Substring(0,3) & ") " & .SubString(3,3) & "-" & .Substring(6,4)
End With
While this works, it seems a bit lengthy plus, what if I need to use a
different substring format for other string that I want to display?
I created a class called SubFormat that implements the IFormatProvider and
ICustomFormatte r interfaces. I can use this class with String.Format like
so:
s = String.Format(N ew SubFormat(),"({ 0:S0,3}) {0:S3,3}-{0:S6,4}",strPh one)
The "S" is my custom format specificer. The 0,3 means start at index 0 in
the string and get the next 3 characters.
This also works and it can work with any string and format I wish.
My question (after that long post) is if I have re-invented the wheel.
Does this sort of functionality already exist?
I couldn't find it.
Thanks,
--
Chris
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Hi,
Dim strPhone As String = "9999999999 "
Dim strFormatedNumb er As String = CLng(strPhone). ToString("(###) ###-####")
Debug.WriteLine (strFormatedNum ber)
Ken
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"Chris Dunaway" <dunawayc@_lunc hmeat_sbcglobal .net> wrote in message
news:wf******** *************** ******@40tude.n et... I have a table in the database with a phone number field. The phone number
is stored without any punctuation (e. g. 9995551234). I wish to take that
string and format it for display (e. g. (999) 555-1234).
I know that I can use the .substring method of the string class to get the
characters I want and format it:
Dim s As String
With strPhone
s = "(" & .Substring(0,3) & ") " & .SubString(3,3) & "-" & .Substring(6,4)
End With
While this works, it seems a bit lengthy plus, what if I need to use a
different substring format for other string that I want to display?
I created a class called SubFormat that implements the IFormatProvider and
ICustomFormatte r interfaces. I can use this class with String.Format like
so:
s = String.Format(N ew SubFormat(),"({ 0:S0,3}) {0:S3,3}-{0:S6,4}",strPh one)
The "S" is my custom format specificer. The 0,3 means start at index 0 in
the string and get the next 3 characters.
This also works and it can work with any string and format I wish.
My question (after that long post) is if I have re-invented the wheel.
Does this sort of functionality already exist?
I couldn't find it.
Thanks,
--
Chris
To send me an E-mail, remove the underscores and lunchmeat from my E-Mail
address.
What if the phone number begins with a 0 like most do here in the uk.
Dim strNumber as string = "0870121830 0"
Dim strFormattedNum ber as String = CDbl(strNumber) .ToString("#### ### ####")
would return 870 121 8300
Regards
Andy
"Ken Tucker [MVP]" <vb***@bellsout h.net> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@tk2msf tngp13.phx.gbl. .. Hi,
Dim strPhone As String = "9999999999 "
Dim strFormatedNumb er As String = CLng(strPhone). ToString("(###)
###-####") Debug.WriteLine (strFormatedNum ber)
Ken
-------------------
"Chris Dunaway" <dunawayc@_lunc hmeat_sbcglobal .net> wrote in message
news:wf******** *************** ******@40tude.n et...I have a table in the database with a phone number field. The phone
number is stored without any punctuation (e. g. 9995551234). I wish to take
that string and format it for display (e. g. (999) 555-1234).
I know that I can use the .substring method of the string class to get
the characters I want and format it:
Dim s As String
With strPhone
s = "(" & .Substring(0,3) & ") " & .SubString(3,3) & "-" &
..Substring(6,4 ) End With
While this works, it seems a bit lengthy plus, what if I need to use a
different substring format for other string that I want to display?
I created a class called SubFormat that implements the IFormatProvider
and ICustomFormatte r interfaces. I can use this class with String.Format
like so:
s = String.Format(N ew SubFormat(),"({ 0:S0,3})
{0:S3,3}-{0:S6,4}",strPh one)
The "S" is my custom format specificer. The 0,3 means start at index 0
in the string and get the next 3 characters.
This also works and it can work with any string and format I wish.
My question (after that long post) is if I have re-invented the wheel.
Does this sort of functionality already exist?
I couldn't find it.
Thanks,
--
Chris
To send me an E-mail, remove the underscores and lunchmeat from my
E-Mail address.
Andy,
Look up "Numeric Format Strings" in the online help, specifically "Custom
Numeric Format Strings", you will see that # is a digit placeholder, while 0
is the zero placeholder, if you want zeros to appear in your formatted
string use 0 instead of #. Something like: Dim strNumber as string = "0870121830 0"
Dim strFormattedNum ber as String = CLng(strNumber) .ToString("0000 000
0000")
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ngoverview.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...matstrings.asp
Hope this helps
Jay
"AndyBarker " <an*********@ic m-computer.co.uk> wrote in message
news:40******** @news.netserv.n et... What if the phone number begins with a 0 like most do here in the uk.
Dim strNumber as string = "0870121830 0"
Dim strFormattedNum ber as String = CDbl(strNumber) .ToString("#### ###
####") would return 870 121 8300
Regards
Andy
"Ken Tucker [MVP]" <vb***@bellsout h.net> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@tk2msf tngp13.phx.gbl. .. Hi,
Dim strPhone As String = "9999999999 "
Dim strFormatedNumb er As String = CLng(strPhone). ToString("(###) ###-####") Debug.WriteLine (strFormatedNum ber)
Ken
-------------------
"Chris Dunaway" <dunawayc@_lunc hmeat_sbcglobal .net> wrote in message
news:wf******** *************** ******@40tude.n et...I have a table in the database with a phone number field. The phone number is stored without any punctuation (e. g. 9995551234). I wish to take that string and format it for display (e. g. (999) 555-1234).
I know that I can use the .substring method of the string class to get the characters I want and format it:
Dim s As String
With strPhone
s = "(" & .Substring(0,3) & ") " & .SubString(3,3) & "-" & .Substring(6,4) End With
While this works, it seems a bit lengthy plus, what if I need to use a
different substring format for other string that I want to display?
I created a class called SubFormat that implements the IFormatProvider and ICustomFormatte r interfaces. I can use this class with String.Format like so:
s = String.Format(N ew SubFormat(),"({ 0:S0,3}) {0:S3,3}-{0:S6,4}",strPh one)
The "S" is my custom format specificer. The 0,3 means start at index
0 in the string and get the next 3 characters.
This also works and it can work with any string and format I wish.
My question (after that long post) is if I have re-invented the wheel.
Does this sort of functionality already exist?
I couldn't find it.
Thanks,
--
Chris
To send me an E-mail, remove the underscores and lunchmeat from my E-Mail address.
On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 18:38:10 -0400, Ken Tucker [MVP] wrote: Hi,
Dim strPhone As String = "9999999999 "
Dim strFormatedNumb er As String = CLng(strPhone). ToString("(###) ###-####")
Debug.WriteLine (strFormatedNum ber)
I know that method works for phone numbers, but consider this contrived
example:
Suppose I had some sort of "Inventory Code" that was stored in the database
in a single field and sample data looks like this: 14AB225 and I wanted to
format a string so that a report reads like this:
"Item found in Warehouse 14, Room A, Row B, Shelf 2, Position 25"
I can't very well convert 14AB225 into a long and use string format. With
my custom formatter, I could specify a format string like this:
"Item found in Warehouse {0:S0,2}, Room {0:S2,1}, Row {0:S3,1}, Shelf
{0:S4,1}, Position {0:S5,2}"
As I said, my custom formatter can work this way. I just wanted to know if
this sort of functionality already existed.
--
Chris
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