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Old November 19th, 2003, 04:58 AM
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substring function in VB6?
ok, java and C# and a few others all have a .substring function. I want to know if VB6 has the same (or similar) thing in it. I know VB.NET does, but i am to tight to buy .Net stuff at the moment, so i need to try and do it in vb6 if possible. Any help greatly appreciated.
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VB5 & 6 have tons of functionality for manipulating strings... Mid(), Right(), Left(), Split(), Join()... I'm guessing that you are wanting to know if you can pull certain values out of a string? Mid is the most general of the functions.. you can do something like...

Code:

Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim strA As String
Dim strB As String
Dim intLength As Integer
strA = "Give me a candy cane or I'll beat you to death"
'returns strb="candy"

strB = Mid(strA, 11, 5)
MsgBox strB

'returns strb="candy cane or"
intLength = (InStr(strA, "or") - InStr(strA, "c") + 2)
strB = Mid(strA, InStr(strA, "c"), intLength)
MsgBox strB
End Sub
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Also, you can use the InStr function to locate a substring position in a string.

You can find the vb functions reference online here

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/e...cLROverview.asp
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ok, my next question is.....is there a version of java's .lenght() function?
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