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jrgmrz
Sep 30th, 2000, 02:49 PM
is it there an equivalence of (substr()) for visual basic
I need to elimenate characters from a string, I coulnīt use this function in VB I dont know if it only works in visual C or what do I need to make it work.

Thaks

xmin
Sep 30th, 2000, 03:21 PM
mid()

J_BEYTIA
Oct 1st, 2000, 06:56 PM
Syntax

Mid(stringvar, start[, length]) = string

xmin
Oct 2nd, 2000, 12:25 AM
Your're right, J_BEYTIA. I only provided the name of the function to refer to VB Help where one can easily find the detail of its usage and syntax.

stickleprojects
Oct 2nd, 2000, 04:25 AM
To eliminate characters from a string, try the Replace function. The equivalent of substr in vb =instr

Oct 3rd, 2000, 11:50 AM
If its a string use Mid$.
Replace works in VB6 only.