Fixed length strings

[Lost]

Are fixed length strings available in VB.Net?

In Quickbasic, fixed length strings could be declared thus:

DIM str AS STRING * 10 'gives a string of length 10

Is there some equivalent command in VB.Net Express?

 

[GhostInAK]

Hello Lost,

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=vb.net+fixed+length+strings

-Boo

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Are fixed length strings available in VB.Net?

Yes and no. Could you describe the scenario in more detail? Maybe there is
a better solution than a fixed-length string.

 

[J. Moreno]

Are fixed length strings available in VB.Net?

In Quickbasic, fixed length strings could be declared thus:

DIM str AS STRING * 10 'gives a string of length 10

Is there some equivalent command in VB.Net Express?

There's no equivalent, but it's trivially easy to limit either the value
assigned to a variable, or the result of "reading" from a variable.

Show some code and someone will probaby have a more detailed suggestion.

 

[Lost]

There's no equivalent, but it's trivially easy to limit either the value
assigned to a variable, or the result of "reading" from a variable.

That's what I've done as a workaround.

Thanks to everyone who answered.

 

[HKSHK]

Hello Lost,

Are fixed length strings available in VB.Net?

There is.

<VBFixedString(YourStringLength)>

Taken from http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x14b6s77.aspx


Structure Person
Public ID As Integer
Public MonthlySalary As Decimal
Public LastReviewDate As Long
<VBFixedString(15)> Public FirstName As String
<VBFixedString(15)> Public LastName As String
<VBFixedString(15)> Public Title As String
<VBFixedString(150)> Public ReviewComments As String
End Structure

Best Regards,

HKSHK

 

[Lost]

Hello Lost,


There is.

<VBFixedString(YourStringLength)>

Taken from http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x14b6s77.aspx


Structure Person
Public ID As Integer
Public MonthlySalary As Decimal
Public LastReviewDate As Long
<VBFixedString(15)> Public FirstName As String
<VBFixedString(15)> Public LastName As String
<VBFixedString(15)> Public Title As String
<VBFixedString(150)> Public ReviewComments As String
End Structure

Thank you.