How can i put some spaces in my string in VB.Net

[jay123]

hello, i know some of your may think that this question have been answered thousand time. I agree but none of the solutions given worked for me.

i have string like

Dim Test as String = "abc " & " def" 

what above code does is gives is "abc def" as output, what i want is "abc--------def" (where hash sign is spaces i need)

i have tried

Dim Test as String = "abc----" & "----def" 

for some reason (dot)net only takes it as one single space. check above(1) example ,i gave two spaces but it got converted to one space.

Dim Test as String = "abc" & Char(9) & "def" 

doesn't work (found char(9) solution on internet)

Dim Test as String = "abc" & space(8) & "def"

doesnot work

I have tried another 10 different option but none seems to be working for me.

Any help will be appreciated.

Regards

[Monomachus]

Have you tried classic .NET string.Concat()?

[pod]

is this for VB or ASP?

[jay123]

Its VB.. (by the way whats minimum length of message that system allows here)

[Monomachus]

if it's VB and not VB.NET than u're in the wrong forum.

[pod]

I believe jay123 meant vb.net, my question should have been "is this for VB.NET or ASP.NET?"

[pod]

jay123, I would like to reproduce your problem but I need to know , on what do you display your string? on a caption, in a text box, on a messagebox?

[jay123]

pod,

Its vb.net, I have a label which need to show some text. The problem i am facing is like. i need to display the string as a label text as

Label.Text = "abc" & "bcf" & "efg"

but their has to be tab(i am not sure if its tab difference but i need to give some space betwen them) difference between "abc" and "def". i have tried different ways but no gain.

Jay

[pod]

Sorry, I am unable to reproduce your problem. If you could attach all of your function's code as a text file (just the one file where your code resides), maybe we could find the problem.

here are a few more troubleshooting methods to try:

try changing the font of your label to "Courrier"

..and also try this code (if you haven't already):

Label.Text = "abc" & "   " & "efg"
 
 
 

[jay123]

Hi Pod,
I have tried the given solution but thats the problem, no matter how many spaces you give. it only takes one space
ex

 label1.text = "abc2 & "         " & "efg"

and

label1.Text = "abc" & " " & "efg"

gives same result.

my code is

lblRiskSummaryConditions.Text = Label1 & ": " & "No. " & CInt(ChildRisk - Me.RiskId) & " - " & Postcode

where Label1 and Postcode are string variables.
now i want above string to be displayed as

Label1Text:      No. 1 RG1 7UQ

, instead it comes out as

Label1Text: No. 1 RG1 7UQ

(check space between ':' and 'No.'

[pod]

... looking at your code here

lblRiskSummaryConditions.Text = Label1 & ": " & "No. " & CInt(ChildRisk - Me.RiskId) & " - " & Postcode

the line above displays "Label1Text: No. 1 RG1 7UQ" ... as it should


now if you want more space between the ": " and the "No. " the line of code should be :

lblRiskSummaryConditions.Text = Label1 & ":        " & "No. " & CInt(ChildRisk - Me.RiskId) & " - " & Postcode

or let's even simplify it a little more

lblRiskSummaryConditions.Text = Label1 & ":             No. " & CInt(ChildRisk - Me.RiskId) & " - " & Postcode

let me know if I hit the nail on the head ...or on my finger :)

[jay123]

It doesnt work. We will assume that if we give space beteween two characters, it should take that space and display accordingly but strangely it only takes one space (no matter how many we give)
ex

lblRiskSummaryConditions.Text = Label1 & ":             No. " & CInt(ChildRisk - Me.RiskId) & " - " & Postcode

and

lblRiskSummaryConditions.Text = Label1 & ": No. " & CInt(ChildRisk - Me.RiskId) & " - " & Postcode

gives same result as
Labeltext: No 1 RG1 7UQ

its really a classic one now. i never knew this gonna be that complicated..(it just a space microsoft :) )

[pod]

it's as if you had the function "Replace" running for everything, or some other function such as the TRIMALL macro http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/join.htm#trimall.

If the problem is not in the portion of the script you displayed, one can only presume the problem resides in the remainder of your project.

Are you importing some DLLs, that might have text converting macros?

Can you post more code?

[jay123]

Its hard to figure out about DLL as its a big project and their are 100's of DLL floating around.

leave it mate, i'll post a solution if i manage to figure out what was causing the problem.

anyways thanks Pod for replying to this problem.

[pod]

I wish you luck, and yes please do post the solution when you find it

merde!
(means best of luck)

P;oD

[marcellus7]

Try

Label.Text = "abc" & vbTab & "def"

[jay123]

vbTab doesn't work either..

[arejandoro]

This works.
+ " " + " " + " " +

[Killer42]

...and you never did show us your final result, jay123. Ever get it to work?

If I'd been reading the thread back in 2010 I'd have asked you to pin down whether the odd behaviour was actually in what was stored, or just the display.