[RESOLVED] Separateing strings

[Tesla1886]

I need to separate strings, however not looking to use arrays or list to so if I don't have to.

I want to separate by a specific character ("-"). Everything beyond and including the - I want to drop or delete.

So in other words ABC-12 becomes ABC and -12 will be deleted.

What is the best was to do this?

I know about split but that seems overkill for what I want to do.

Thank You

[jmcilhinney]

The simplest option would be to use String.Split and just take the first element from the resulting array. The alternative would be use String.IndexOf to find the dash and then String.Substring to get the substring before that index. For such little data, the former is not really overkill.

[jmcilhinney]

I should also mention that you could use a Regex. I'm not very proficient in that area so I won't try to provide the appropriate pattern but, if you want overkill, that's probably the way to go.

[.paul.]

Dim newString as String = oldString.SubString(0, oldString.indexOf(“-“))

[Tesla1886]

The simplest option would be to use String.Split and just take the first element from the resulting array. The alternative would be use String.IndexOf to find the dash and then String.Substring to get the substring before that index. For such little data, the former is not really overkill.

Thanks I went with the substring method.

I just meant that using a list, array etc would be overkill, especially in resources, given that part of it was being discarded.

[Tesla1886]

Dim newString as String = oldString.SubString(0, oldString.indexOf(“-“))

That is the route I went.

Thanks.