Counting Caracters in a String(NOT WORKING)

[domefavor95]

Ok, so I have a string called item. It's value is "Coffe`". When I try to get the number of caractors by using:

textcount = item.length

However it returns with the value "5". even though there is 6 caracters. Any ideas on how to fix this?

[Shaggy Hiker]

Is that final thing a separate character, or is it an accented e? It looks like an apostrophe, which is clearly a character.

[domefavor95]

It is a separate caractor

[Shaggy Hiker]

If item is a string, then it would have a character array. I would put a breakpoint on the line you posted, and take a close look at item. Every character would count in the length, so this is not making much sense, yet.

[domefavor95]

The value is:

Coffe`

when I try to find the number of caracters using the code above, it gives me the value

5

when it should be 6.
I think the value

`
is not being counted.

[SJWhiteley]

Cutting and pasting that string and I get 6.

[VB6 to Vb2010]

Ok, so I have a string called item. It's value is "Coffe`". When I try to get the number of caractors by using:

textcount = item.length

However it returns with the value "5". even though there is 6 caracters. Any ideas on how to fix this?

        Dim textcount As Integer
        Dim item As String = "Coffe`"
        textcount = item.length

This gives me 6.