If text line starts with # then...

[Narfy]

I have a RichTextBox and a Drop Down List, if the users types something like:
#hello
then it add the # and everything after the # into the drop down list, and then if they select one that has been added to the drop down list, then it will goto the line that has the string that they selected from the dropdownlist.

well... i think that made sense...

any suggestions?

[<ABX]

if Left(strString,1) = "#" Then
     Msgbox "strString starts with #"
end If

[Narfy]

that doesn't work...

i dont get an error or anything, it jsut doesn't do anything

i have

Private Sub RTB_change()
    Dim strString As String
 
    If Left(strString, 1) = "#" Then
        MsgBox "strString starts with #"
    End If
 
End Sub

[jemidiah]

Of course it doesn't work, you haven't set strString to anything (ie, strString = "", more or less); You have to replace strString with whatever you want to test. All he was doing was offering an example of how to test if a string starts with "#".

[Narfy]

lol, im stupid (like always)

thanks

[jemidiah]

lol

Any time