VB.NET Language in a Nutshell, Second Edition

String Manipulation

Element	Description
Asc, AscW functions	Return the character code of the first character of a string
Chr, ChrW functions	Return a string containing a character based on its numeric code
Filter function	Returns an array of strings matching (or not matching) a specified value
Format function	Returns a string formatted to a given specification
FormatCurrency function	Returns a string formatted using the currency settings for the current locale
FormatDateTime function	Returns a string formatted using the date/time setting for the current locale
FormatNumber function	Returns a numeric value in a specified format
FormatPercent function	Returns a numeric value formatted using the “%” symbol
GetChar function	Returns a Char containing the character at a particular position in a string
InStr function	Finds the starting position of a substring within a string
InStrRev function	Returns the first occurrence of a string within another string by searching from the end of the string
Join function	Concatenates an array of values into a delimited string
LCase function	Converts a character or string to lowercase
Left function	Returns a string containing the leftmost n characters of a string
Len function	Counts the number of characters in a string
Like operator	Compares two strings
Mid function	Extracts a substring from a larger string
Mid statement	Replaces a substring in a larger string
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