TrimEnd doesn't work with email address

[ezra88]

I'm trying t use these lines below to get "new string = "someone", but
it won't work. Instead it just keeps coming back as
"so*****@domain.com". Is there something weird about there being an "@"
character or a "." character?

'Dim MyString As String = "so*****@domain.com"
'Dim MyChar As Char() = {"."c, "@"c}
'Dim NewString As String = MyString.TrimEnd(MyChar)
'lblHolder.Text = NewString

Thanks,
Ezra

[Claes Bergefall]

I think you have misunderstood how the TrimEnd methods works
You're telling it to remove all "." and "@" from the *end* of the string.
Since your string doesn't have any of those in the end, you'll simply
get the input string back. If you were to pass so*****@domain.com@@@....
you would get so*****@domain.com back

Use this instead:
Dim NewString As String = MyString.Split("@"c)(0)

/claes
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I'm trying t use these lines below to get "new string = "someone", but
it won't work. Instead it just keeps coming back as
"so*****@domain.com". Is there something weird about there being an "@"
character or a "." character?

'Dim MyString As String = "so*****@domain.com"
'Dim MyChar As Char() = {"."c, "@"c}
'Dim NewString As String = MyString.TrimEnd(MyChar)
'lblHolder.Text = NewString

Thanks,
Ezra

[ezra88]

Thanks. That did it.
Ezra

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Ezra,
In addition to using Split. I would consider using String.SubString along
with String.IndexOf or String.LastIndexOf, something like:

Dim MyString As String = "so*****@domain.com"
Dim MyChar As Char() = {"."c, "@"c}
Dim NewString As String
If MyString.IndexOfAny(MyChar) <> -1 Then
NewString = MyString.Substring(0,
MyString.LastIndexOfAny(MyChar))
End If

I would use IndexOfAny if I wanted to split at the first occurrence and
LastIndexOfAny if I wanted to split at the last occurrence.

FWIW: Consider what happens in the above with addresses such as
so******@domain.com, I know of a couple of Lotus Notes sites that use
fi****************@domain.com for their email addresses...

--
Hope this helps
Jay [MVP - Outlook]
..NET Application Architect, Enthusiast, & Evangelist
T.S. Bradley - http://www.tsbradley.net
<ez****@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:11**********************@g44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
| I'm trying t use these lines below to get "new string = "someone", but
| it won't work. Instead it just keeps coming back as
| "so*****@domain.com". Is there something weird about there being an "@"
| character or a "." character?
|
| 'Dim MyString As String = "so*****@domain.com"
| 'Dim MyChar As Char() = {"."c, "@"c}
| 'Dim NewString As String = MyString.TrimEnd(MyChar)
| 'lblHolder.Text = NewString
|
| Thanks,
| Ezra
|