>
> In a single vb.net line, I want to remove the frist character and
> anything after and including the first "_"
>
> resulting in :
>
> helloworld
>
> I've been  trying things like this:
>
> Dim cleanname = c.ID.Remove(1).Substring(0, c.ID.IndexOf("_"c))
>
> Dim cleanname = c.ID.subsrting(1,c.id.Length).Substring(0,
> c.ID.IndexOf("_"c))
>
> the error I get is that the index is out of bounds becasue it's a
> substring of a substring and the index I guess has changed.
>
> thanks.
>

> Jason,
>
> Without testing,
>
> myNewString as string = "ihelloworld_zzz_yyy".Substring(1,10)
>
> I hope this goes,
>
> Cor
>
> >
> > In a single vb.net line, I want to remove the frist character and
> > anything after and including the first "_"
> >
> > resulting in :
> >
> > helloworld
> >
> > I've been  trying things like this:
> >
> > Dim cleanname = c.ID.Remove(1).Substring(0, c.ID.IndexOf("_"c))
> >
> > Dim cleanname = c.ID.subsrting(1,c.id.Length).Substring(0,
> > c.ID.IndexOf("_"c))
> >
> > the error I get is that the index is out of bounds becasue it's a
> > substring of a substring and the index I guess has changed.
> >
> > thanks.
> >

> sorry, the helloworld string is an example and might be longer or
> shorter.
>
>
> Cor Ligthert [MVP] wrote:
> > Jason,
> >
> > Without testing,
> >
> > myNewString as string = "ihelloworld_zzz_yyy".Substring(1,10)
> >
> > I hope this goes,
> >
> > Cor
> >
> > >
> > > In a single vb.net line, I want to remove the frist character and
> > > anything after and including the first "_"
> > >
> > > resulting in :
> > >
> > > helloworld
> > >
> > > I've been  trying things like this:
> > >
> > > Dim cleanname = c.ID.Remove(1).Substring(0, c.ID.IndexOf("_"c))
> > >
> > > Dim cleanname = c.ID.subsrting(1,c.id.Length).Substring(0,
> > > c.ID.IndexOf("_"c))
> > >
> > > the error I get is that the index is out of bounds becasue it's a
> > > substring of a substring and the index I guess has changed.
> > >
> > > thanks.
> > >