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VB.NET String Functions
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VB.NET String Functions
The methods of the Microsoft.VisualBasic .String class provide procedures for classical VB string operations
The common supporting VB.NET String Function are
Asc, AscW, Chr, ChrW, Filter, Format, FormatCurrency, FormatDateTime, FormatNumber, FormatPercent, InStr, InStrRev, Join, LCase, Left, Len, LSet, LTrim, Mid, Replace, Right, RSet, RTrim, Space, Split, StrComp, StrConv, StrDup, StrReverse, Trim, UCase
String
Functions
The following table lists the functions that Visual Basic provides to search and manipulate strings.
.NET Framework method
Description
Asc , AscW
Returns an Integer value representing the character code corresponding to a character.
Chr , ChrW
Returns the character associated with the specified character code.
Filter
Returns a zero-based array containing a subset of a String array based on specified filter criteria.
Format
Returns a string formatted according to instructions contained in a format String expression.
FormatCurrency
Returns an expression formatted as a currency value using the currency symbol defined in the system control panel.
FormatDateTime
Returns a string expression representing a date/time value.
FormatNumber
Returns an expression formatted as a number.
FormatPercent
Returns an expression formatted as a percentage (that is, multiplied by 100) with a trailing % character.
InStr
Returns an integer specifying the start position of the first occurrence of one string within another.
InStrRev
Returns the position of the first occurrence of one string within another, starting from the right side of the string.
Join
Returns a string created by joining a number of substrings contained in an array.
LCase
Returns a string or character converted to lowercase.
Left
Returns a string containing a specified number of characters from the left side of a string.
Len
Returns an integer that contains the number of characters in a string.
LSet
Returns a left-aligned string containing the specified string adjusted to the specified length.
LTrim
Returns a string containing a copy of a specified string with no leading spaces.
Mid
Returns a string containing a specified number of characters from a string.
Replace
Returns a string in which a specified substring has been replaced with another substring a specified number of times.
Right
Returns a string containing a specified number of characters from the right side of a string.
RSet
Returns a right-aligned string containing the specified string adjusted to the specified length.
RTrim
Returns a string containing a copy of a specified string with no trailing spaces.
Space
Returns a string consisting of the specified number of spaces.
Split
Returns a zero-based, one-dimensional array containing a specified number of substrings.
StrComp
Returns -1, 0, or 1, based on the result of a string comparison.
StrConv
Returns a string converted as specified.
StrDup
Returns a string or object consisting of the specified character repeated the specified number of times.
StrReverse
Returns a string in which the character order of a specified string is reversed.
Trim
Returns a string containing a copy of a specified string with no leading or trailing spaces.
UCase
Returns a string or character containing the specified string converted to uppercase.
You can use the Option Compare statement to set whether strings are compared using a case-insensitive text sort order determined by your system's locale (Text) or by the internal binary representations of the characters (Binary). The default text comparison method is Binary.
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