[RESOLVED] [2005] Concating strings

I don't know why but for some reason VB refuses to concat anything at the end of a variable.

Code:

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    Public Function bTag(ByVal bTaggedItem() As Byte, ByVal sTag As String) As Byte()
    Dim sTaggedItem As String = getString(bTaggedItem)
    Dim bReturn() As Byte = getBytes("<!" & sTag & ">" & sTaggedItem & "</" & sTag & ">")
    Return bReturn
    End Function

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No matter what I do VB refuses to perform this part of the above function:

sTaggedItem & "</" & sTag & ">"

It shows up with the content of the string sTaggedItem with nothing at the end. I've tried everything I can think of, is there a reason this doesn't work?

Does sTaggedItem have null (hex value 00) data in it? I've had problems with that. Usually, I'll do something like

vb Code:

sTaggedItem.Replace(Convert.ToChar(0),"")

It is possible that it could be null but in the test runs I've performed it was a string about 20 characters in length.

I just want to clarify that I'm not refering to a null string object, but a string object with null characters in it.

can you tell us what the input variables have when your program access that funtion?

Wild_bill I didn't understand you at first but now I get it, and your right. There was a null character at the end. What causes that? Is there anyway to avoid that happening?

I'm not sure what systems do that. When ever I've ran into it, it has been a file from a client.