code help

[metaldeth]

Hey,

I'm new here and am just starting to get into Visual Basic programming. Right now I'm using VB.net and I have a question about some code.

I'm trying to make a program that the user types in their phone number like: (414) 555-5555. They then press a button and their area code, 414, not (414), goes into another text box. Any help with this is much appreciated.

[hbandarra]

Now protect your code from erroneous tiping:

Public Class Form1
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "

    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()

        'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
        InitializeComponent()

        'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call

    End Sub

    'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
    Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
        If disposing Then
            If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
                components.Dispose()
            End If
        End If
        MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
    End Sub

    'Required by the Windows Form Designer
    Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer

    'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
    'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.  
    'Do not modify it using the code editor.
    Friend WithEvents TextBox_Number As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
    Friend WithEvents TextBox_Input As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
    Friend WithEvents TextBox_Area As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
    Friend WithEvents Button_Accept As System.Windows.Forms.Button
    Friend WithEvents Label1 As System.Windows.Forms.Label
    Friend WithEvents Label2 As System.Windows.Forms.Label
    Friend WithEvents Label3 As System.Windows.Forms.Label
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        Me.TextBox_Number = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox()
        Me.TextBox_Input = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox()
        Me.TextBox_Area = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox()
        Me.Button_Accept = New System.Windows.Forms.Button()
        Me.Label1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label()
        Me.Label2 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label()
        Me.Label3 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label()
        Me.SuspendLayout()
        '
        'TextBox_Number
        '
        Me.TextBox_Number.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(232, 8)
        Me.TextBox_Number.Name = "TextBox_Number"
        Me.TextBox_Number.ReadOnly = True
        Me.TextBox_Number.TabIndex = 0
        Me.TextBox_Number.Text = ""
        '
        'TextBox_Input
        '
        Me.TextBox_Input.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(136, 48)
        Me.TextBox_Input.Name = "TextBox_Input"
        Me.TextBox_Input.TabIndex = 1
        Me.TextBox_Input.Text = ""
        '
        'TextBox_Area
        '
        Me.TextBox_Area.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(48, 8)
        Me.TextBox_Area.Name = "TextBox_Area"
        Me.TextBox_Area.ReadOnly = True
        Me.TextBox_Area.TabIndex = 2
        Me.TextBox_Area.Text = ""
        '
        'Button_Accept
        '
        Me.Button_Accept.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(256, 48)
        Me.Button_Accept.Name = "Button_Accept"
        Me.Button_Accept.TabIndex = 3
        Me.Button_Accept.Text = "Accept"
        '
        'Label1
        '
        Me.Label1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, 8)
        Me.Label1.Name = "Label1"
        Me.Label1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(40, 16)
        Me.Label1.TabIndex = 4
        Me.Label1.Text = "Area:"
        '
        'Label2
        '
        Me.Label2.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(176, 10)
        Me.Label2.Name = "Label2"
        Me.Label2.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(56, 16)
        Me.Label2.TabIndex = 5
        Me.Label2.Text = "Number:"
        '
        'Label3
        '
        Me.Label3.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, 48)
        Me.Label3.Name = "Label3"
        Me.Label3.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(128, 16)
        Me.Label3.TabIndex = 6
        Me.Label3.Text = "Type your number here:"
        '
        'Form1
        '
        Me.AcceptButton = Me.Button_Accept
        Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(368, 85)
        Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.Label3, Me.Label2, Me.Label1, Me.Button_Accept, Me.TextBox_Area, Me.TextBox_Input, Me.TextBox_Number})
        Me.Name = "Form1"
        Me.Text = "Form1"
        Me.ResumeLayout(False)

    End Sub

#End Region

    Private Sub Button_Accept_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button_Accept.Click
        Me.TextBox_Area.Text = Me.TextBox_Input.Text.Substring(Me.TextBox_Input.Text.IndexOf("(") + 1, Me.TextBox_Input.Text.IndexOf(")") - Me.TextBox_Input.Text.IndexOf("(") - 1)
        Me.TextBox_Number.Text = Me.TextBox_Input.Text.Substring(Me.TextBox_Input.Text.IndexOf(")") + 1)
    End Sub
End Class

[metaldeth]

Are you sure it's that complicated? Can't you just use strings?

[Pirate]

Private Sub Button_Accept_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button_Accept.Click
        Me.TextBox_Area.Text = Me.TextBox_Input.Text.Substring(Me.TextBox_Input.Text.IndexOf("(") + 1, Me.TextBox_Input.Text.IndexOf(")") - Me.TextBox_Input.Text.IndexOf("(") - 1)
        Me.TextBox_Number.Text = Me.TextBox_Input.Text.Substring(Me.TextBox_Input.Text.IndexOf(")") + 1)
    End Sub

this is from Hbandarra's post .You should Thank him.
bye

[metaldeth]

Thanks for your help guys, especially hbandarra