DotNet equivlant of vb 6 instr

what is the equivlant of the vb 6 instr

I have a string there has "*D*N"
I want to find the position that the D is in with a dotnet (VB) function

Hi Brian,

You might not believe it, but you can use InStr ;-)

Strings.InStr

If you want to go the .NET way, then you might want to use Strings.IndexOf.

Please note that like in VB6, InStr is 1-based while IndexOf is 0-based.

Best regards,

Martin

Am 30.03.2008 11:22, Brian schrieb:
> what is the equivlant of the vb 6 instr
>
> I have a string there has "*D*N"
> I want to find the position that the D is in with a dotnet (VB) function
>
>

<< > If you want to go the .NET way

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/li...ings.instr.aspx

As you see this method is part of the VB.Net syntax , so i guess you would
bether refrace that comment as
if you want to abandon the VB namespace .

if you want to do this
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vb/novbruntimeref.aspx ( see my comments on
Rafael for further detail )

Then it might be bether to use only the comonly shared framework classes
although , there is nothing that keeps a C# , J# , etc etc etc ( other
framework languages ) from setting a reference to the microsoft visual basic
dll and use the handy VB methods , note that this dll is NOT for backwords
compatibility !! but contains specific VB methods ( shortcuts , behaviors ,
Contstants ) that are part of the VB namespace and in it`s turn is part
of the Framework


Michel


"Martin H." <hkshk@gmx.net> schreef in bericht news:47ef0920$1@127.0.0.1...
> Hi Brian,
>
> You might not believe it, but you can use InStr ;-)
>
> Strings.InStr
>
> If you want to go the .NET way, then you might want to use
> Strings.IndexOf.
>
> Please note that like in VB6, InStr is 1-based while IndexOf is 0-based.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Martin
>
> Am 30.03.2008 11:22, Brian schrieb:
>> what is the equivlant of the vb 6 instr
>>
>> I have a string there has "*D*N"
>> I want to find the position that the D is in with a dotnet (VB) function
>>

I once heard that those VB methods would be removed in future versions of
vb.net. I am using VB.2005 and have not seen vb2008. Do you know if what I
heard is true, or just a rumour?
Brian

"Michel Posseth [MCP]" <MSDN@posseth.com> wrote in message
news:OyvN6NkkIHA.4684@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> << > If you want to go the .NET way
>
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/li...ings.instr.aspx
>
> As you see this method is part of the VB.Net syntax , so i guess you would
> bether refrace that comment as
> if you want to abandon the VB namespace .
>
> if you want to do this
> http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vb/novbruntimeref.aspx ( see my comments
> on Rafael for further detail )
>
> Then it might be bether to use only the comonly shared framework classes
> although , there is nothing that keeps a C# , J# , etc etc etc ( other
> framework languages ) from setting a reference to the microsoft visual
> basic dll and use the handy VB methods , note that this dll is NOT for
> backwords compatibility !! but contains specific VB methods ( shortcuts ,
> behaviors , Contstants ) that are part of the VB namespace and in it`s
> turn is part of the Framework
>
>
> Michel
>
>
> "Martin H." <hkshk@gmx.net> schreef in bericht
> news:47ef0920$1@127.0.0.1...
>> Hi Brian,
>>
>> You might not believe it, but you can use InStr ;-)
>>
>> Strings.InStr
>>
>> If you want to go the .NET way, then you might want to use
>> Strings.IndexOf.
>>
>> Please note that like in VB6, InStr is 1-based while IndexOf is 0-based.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Martin
>>
>> Am 30.03.2008 11:22, Brian schrieb:
>>> what is the equivlant of the vb 6 instr
>>>
>>> I have a string there has "*D*N"
>>> I want to find the position that the D is in with a dotnet (VB) function
>>>
>

>I once heard that those VB methods would be removed in future versions of
>vb.net.

Well in VB.Net 2008 they are still there , and i personally can`t
inmagine that they would be removed unless MS would fase out VB wich is not
likely to happen


HTH

Michel


"Brian" <bsgallatin@community.nospam> schreef in bericht
news:OS$YXvmkIHA.4120@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>I once heard that those VB methods would be removed in future versions of
>vb.net. I am using VB.2005 and have not seen vb2008. Do you know if what
>I heard is true, or just a rumour?
> Brian
>
> "Michel Posseth [MCP]" <MSDN@posseth.com> wrote in message
> news:OyvN6NkkIHA.4684@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> << > If you want to go the .NET way
>>
>> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/li...ings.instr.aspx
>>
>> As you see this method is part of the VB.Net syntax , so i guess you
>> would bether refrace that comment as
>> if you want to abandon the VB namespace .
>>
>> if you want to do this
>> http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vb/novbruntimeref.aspx ( see my comments
>> on Rafael for further detail )
>>
>> Then it might be bether to use only the comonly shared framework classes
>> although , there is nothing that keeps a C# , J# , etc etc etc ( other
>> framework languages ) from setting a reference to the microsoft visual
>> basic dll and use the handy VB methods , note that this dll is NOT for
>> backwords compatibility !! but contains specific VB methods ( shortcuts ,
>> behaviors , Contstants ) that are part of the VB namespace and in it`s
>> turn is part of the Framework
>>
>>
>> Michel
>>
>>
>> "Martin H." <hkshk@gmx.net> schreef in bericht
>> news:47ef0920$1@127.0.0.1...
>>> Hi Brian,
>>>
>>> You might not believe it, but you can use InStr ;-)
>>>
>>> Strings.InStr
>>>
>>> If you want to go the .NET way, then you might want to use
>>> Strings.IndexOf.
>>>
>>> Please note that like in VB6, InStr is 1-based while IndexOf is 0-based.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Martin
>>>
>>> Am 30.03.2008 11:22, Brian schrieb:
>>>> what is the equivlant of the vb 6 instr
>>>>
>>>> I have a string there has "*D*N"
>>>> I want to find the position that the D is in with a dotnet (VB)
>>>> function
>>>>
>>
>
>

On Mar 30, 7:42*am, "Brian" <bsgalla...@community.nospam> wrote:
> I once heard that those VB methods would be removed in future versions of
> vb.net. *I am using VB.2005 and have not seen vb2008. *Do you know if what I
> heard is true, or just a rumour?
> * * Brian
>

It's confusion. Microsoft.VisualBasic will always be there. It's
what makes VB.NET, well, VB.NET. What is likely to be removed at some
point (and probably not in the immediate future) is
Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatability - which is the library used to
contains some of the deprecated VB methods to VB.NET

--
Tom Shelton

"Brian" <bsgallatin@community.nospam> schrieb:
>I once heard that those VB methods would be removed in future versions of
>vb.net. I am using VB.2005 and have not seen vb2008. Do you know if what
>I heard is true, or just a rumour?

Nonsense. They are part of Visual Basic and they have even survived the
transition from VB6 to VB.NET, so there is no reason for removing them. In
addition, they are well-tested code.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>