substring confusion

[joewillie]

        Dim someString As String = "012345"
        Debug.WriteLine(someString.Substring(0, 2)) 'strings are zero based
        Debug.WriteLine(someString.Substring(1, 2)) 'strings are zero based
        Debug.WriteLine(someString.Substring(0, someString.Length - 1)) 'therefore number of chars. is length -1 
        'debug output
        '01
        '12
        '1234

dbasnett - thanks for your quick response to a beginner. I understand your method, and can get the result I need using the (0,2) parameter. The big problem is the "ArgumentOutOfRangeException" which doesn't allow the program to execute. No matter which of the parameters I use, I can't run the program. Is there some Try-Catch statement I can use to run the program - some Catch statement which tells VB to ignore the perceived exception? Thanks again - joewillie