[2005] Another small quick question

[squrrilslayer]

Just a quick thing, Code below is checking collision with tags:

If TypeOf Wall Is PictureBox AndAlso Wall.Tag = "Item Fireball" Then
                If Wall.Bounds.IntersectsWith(Pic1.Bounds) Then
                    Me.Controls.Remove(Wall)
                End If
            End If

how do i do it so it detects the tag of "Item Fireball" as something like "Item *" as i will have multiple items, each having a tag starting with the word "Item".

[jmcilhinney]

Please provide descriptive titles for your threads in future.

If CStr(Wall.Tag).StartsWith("Item ") Then

VB also has a LIKE operator that you can use to make wildcard comparisons:

If CStr(Wall.Tag) Like "Item *" Then

[squrrilslayer]

ok. and what if the string i want to detect is somewhere in the middle?

[jmcilhinney]

I edited my previous post to use the Like operator, which can be used to answer you most recent question. Note that the String class also has a Contains method that would do the job.

[squrrilslayer]

ok thanks alot!

[Icyculyr]

Read my signature (the resolve part)

And I can't believe I've never seen that before!!! Thats "Like" crazy

Cheers