Counting Caracters in a String(NOT WORKING)

Ok, so I have a string called item. It's value is "Coffe`". When I try to get the number of caractors by using:

Code:

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textcount = item.length

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However it returns with the value "5". even though there is 6 caracters. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Is that final thing a separate character, or is it an accented e? It looks like an apostrophe, which is clearly a character.

It is a separate caractor

If item is a string, then it would have a character array. I would put a breakpoint on the line you posted, and take a close look at item. Every character would count in the length, so this is not making much sense, yet.

The value is:

Coffe`

when I try to find the number of caracters using the code above, it gives me the value

5

when it should be 6.
I think the value

`
is not being counted.

Cutting and pasting that string and I get 6.

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Originally Posted by domefavor95

Ok, so I have a string called item. It's value is "Coffe`". When I try to get the number of caractors by using:

Code:

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textcount = item.length

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However it returns with the value "5". even though there is 6 caracters. Any ideas on how to fix this?

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Code:

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        Dim textcount As Integer
        Dim item As String = "Coffe`"
        textcount = item.length

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This gives me 6.