Trimming question

[ethanwa]

Here's a quick string trimming question. I have the following strings:

-1 HELLO HELLO2
56 'TESTING YOU'
0 AGAIN

How do I trim out only the first number up until the space. Also, how do I trim out all of the text right after the first space?

Thanks!

-- Ethan --

[Mr.No]

Try this

Dim strList As String = "-1 HELLO HELLO2"
       Dim words() As String
      ' Split text using space as separator
       words = strList.Split(" ")
       MessageBox.Show(words(0))

Or you could use try this one

Dim strList as string = ""-1 HELLO HELLO2"
        MessageBox.Show(strList.Substring(0, strList.IndexOf(" ")))

[MrPolite]

I dont have vs.net installed right now, but doesnt the split functino get a parameter that specifies the number of elements in the returning array?
that way you would get an array with two elements, the first one being teh number and the second the rest of the message

I might be totaly wrong though just guessing

[Mr.No]

Thanks for your suggestion MrPolite. I tried the code below and it won't do what ethanwa is looking for.

Dim strList As String = "-1 HELLO HELLO2"
       Dim words() As String
      ' Split text using space as separator
       words = strList.Split(" ", 1)
       MessageBox.Show(words(0))
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The above code will display "-1 HELLO HELLO2". So, it seems that the second parameter specifies the number of elements in the array.

[MrPolite]

Originally posted by Mr.No
Thanks for your suggestion MrPolite. I tried the code below and it won't do what ethanwa is looking for.

Dim strList As String = "-1 HELLO HELLO2"
       Dim words() As String
      ' Split text using space as separator
       words = strList.Split(" ", 1)
       MessageBox.Show(words(0))
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The above code will display "-1 HELLO HELLO2". So, it seems that the second parameter specifies the number of elements in the array.

try passing "2" as the argument. when you pass "1" it means that the function will only return one element. 2 means it will try to split the string in only two parts. (it might not split it at all if there isnt a space in your string)

Dim strList As String = "-1 HELLO HELLO2"
       Dim words() As String
      ' Split text using space as separator
       words = strList.Split(" ", [b][size=4][color=red]2[/color][/size][/b])
       MessageBox.Show(words(0))