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the cobe below grabs the the last 8 characters of my string. I need the first 8 characters...anyone know how I can grab the first 8 characters?

thanks

VB Code:

tranperiod = tranperiod.Substring(tranperiod.Length - 8)

tranperiod = tranperiod.Substring(0, 8)

Something like that. It is a overloaded method. You should be able to set the start index, and the length.

How about

VB Code:

tranperiod = tranperiod.Substring(1, 8)

hellswraith is correct 0,8.