Removing items from string & adding new line

[pieandpeas]

I have a string which looks like this - sometext;;sometext;;sometext;;sometext

i'd like to have it displaying on a page looking like this

sometext
sometext
sometext
sometext

i know i need a loop and a split, but i'm not sure how to get it working, any help would be great, thanks

[Killer42]

Not necessarily. If we assume for the moment that your string is in a variable called YourString and there's a multiline textbox called Text1 on the form, try this...

Text1.Text = Replace(YourString, ";;", vbNewLine)

[jrtox]

I have a string which looks like this - sometext;;sometext;;sometext;;sometext

i'd like to have it displaying on a page looking like this

sometext
sometext
sometext
sometext

i know i need a loop and a split, but i'm not sure how to get it working, any help would be great, thanks

Where did you store your String"sometext;;sometext;;sometext;;sometext"?

lets say that your "sometext;;sometext;;sometext;;sometext" is the object Text1.
then we can do coding as:
Text1.Text = Replace(Text1.Text, ";;", vbNewLine)

Note:
During Design time set Multiline to TRUE.

Regards

[pieandpeas]

ideally i'd like to have it display in either a label or via response.write

the solutions that have been posted make the string sometext;;sometext;;sometext etc.. display as

sometext sometext sometext - but with no new line breaks, how would i get it to display as
sometext
sometext
sometext etc.

current code

> lblmach.Text = Replace(stringmach, ";;", vbNewLine)

[QVeen72]

Hi,

Make Labels's property WordWrap = True and display..

Label1.Caption = Replace(MyString,";;",vbCrLf)

REgards
Veena

[pieandpeas]

i'm using vs2005, a label control doesnt seem to have wordwrap.

[creative1]

If you are using Textbox to display results then, the only thing you need to do is set Multiline property then try this code
Text1.Text = Replace(YourString, ";;", vbNewLine)

If you are using label then this code will work as it is.

regards
farhana

[pieandpeas]

output from a label
sometext sometext sometext

[QVeen72]

i'm using vs2005, a label control doesnt seem to have wordwrap.

Hi,

for VB.net 2005, Label Control will display MultiLine by default, u dont have to set any properties...


REgards
Veena

[pieandpeas]

yes you are right, however the replace line is only removing the commas from the delimited string, it is not adding a new line in between each word. therefore the text will display not as a multiline, but as one string

the string is similar to this some text;;text;;more text;;even more text;; !

[QVeen72]

yes you are right, however the replace line is only removing the commas from the delimited string, it is not adding a new line in between each word. therefore the text will display not as a multiline, but as one string

Hi,

New Line will be added, only if it finds ";;" ...
If it encounters only one semicolon, new line will not be added.
You need to check the String again..


Regards
Veena

[pieandpeas]

before replace line -

Leaflets;;Brochures to 50,000+ colour;;All stationary, including letterheads, business compliment slips;;NCR carbonless options

after replace line -

Leaflets Brochures to 50,000+ colour All stationary, including letterheads, business compliment slips NCR carbonless options

[QVeen72]

Hi,

You must be using ASP.net, my code was for VB.net.
I don't know why NewLine does not work, anyway here is the workaround:
say your string variable is MyString

        Dim TArr
        Dim i As Integer
        TArr = MyString.Split(";;")
        For i = 0 To UBound(TArr)
            Response.Write(TArr(i) & "<br>")
        Next
 

Regards
Veena

[pieandpeas]

fantastic! thanks alot!