String Functions

[cmdolcet69]

What string function will cut off the last 3 characters from a string?

For example: if I had the string,

dim strtext as string = testcalls
I want to only return the strtext as test and take off the calls.

[kimiraikkonen]

On Apr 1, 5:37 pm, cmdolcet69 <[e-mail]:

What string function will cut off the last 3 characters from a string?

For example: if I had the string,

dim strtext as string = testcalls

I want to only return the strtext as test and take off the calls.

Substring function.

Your example is not well-formed but i guess it's:
Dim strtext As String = "testcalls"

To display only "test" chars from whole "testcalls" word;

Substring(0,4)

which defines 0 is startIndex point and 4 is the length that belongs
the length of "test".

[cmdolcet69]

On Apr 1, 10:51*am, kimiraikkonen <[e-mail]:

On Apr 1, 5:37 pm, cmdolcet69 <[e-mail]:

What string function will cut off the last 3 characters from a string?

For example: if I had the string,

dim strtext as string = testcalls

I want to only return the strtext as test and take off the calls.

Substring function.

Your example is not well-formed but i guess it's:
Dim strtext As String = "testcalls"

To display only "test" chars from whole "testcalls" word;

Substring(0,4)

which defines 0 is startIndex point and 4 is the length that belongs
the length of "test".

What happends if i dont know the lenght. Because the lenght may change.

[Jack Jackson]

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 08:02:04 -0700 (PDT), cmdolcet69
<co************@hotmail.comwrote:

>On Apr 1, 10:51*am, kimiraikkonen <[e-mail]:

>On Apr 1, 5:37 pm, cmdolcet69 <[e-mail]:

What string function will cut off the last 3 characters from a string?

For example: if I had the string,

dim strtext as string = testcalls

I want to only return the strtext as test and take off the calls.

Substring function.

Your example is not well-formed but i guess it's:
Dim strtext As String = "testcalls"

To display only "test" chars from whole "testcalls" word;

Substring(0,4)

which defines 0 is startIndex point and 4 is the length that belongs
the length of "test".

What happends if i dont know the lenght. Because the lenght may change.

Dim strtext As String = "testcalls"

strtext = strtext.Substring(0, strtext.Length - 3)

But I think you really want 5 instead of 3 since "calls" is 5
characters long, not 3.

or:
strtext = strtext.Substring(0, strtext.Length - "calls".Length)

or
strtext = strtext.Remove(strtext.Length - "calls".Length)