read character from textbox

how to read first character from textbox

MyTextBox.Text.Substring(0,1)

May want to validate there is data in there first though.

if MyTextBox.Text.Length >= 1 then...

if i have text "C001" in textbox1. then i only want read character "C" from textbox. sorry because i'm newbie.

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Originally Posted by ghacok

if i have text "C001" in textbox1. then i only want read character "C" from textbox. sorry because i'm newbie.

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I just showed you how...