VB 2008 Coding Help

1.

Write a program that will identify the first character of any string that was input by the user via a text box

Output
The string begins with a sibilant. (S or Z)

The string begins with a nonsibilant. (Any other letter)

The string begins with a digit.

The string begins with a character of ANSI value less than 48 (e.g. +, &, #, or %).

The string begins with one of the following : ; < = > ? @ [ / ] ^ _ '

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2.
The program should contain a Select Case block with a string variable as selector

Write a program that requests a color (blue or red) and a mode (steady or flashing) as input and displays the weather forecast.

Steady blue, clear view.
Flashing blue, clouds due.
Steady red, rain ahead.
Flashing red, snow instead.
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can u guys help with any of this stuff im really trying to learn

This is obviously an assignment of some sort so what have you done so far? It doesn't even have to be code you've written. Just let us know what thought you've put into it and what you think you might need to do to proceed. You always need to know what it is your code needs to do before you can write code to do it so... what does your code need to do?