VB automaticallying casting?

[Microsoft]

I get a casting error when I try to do this.. I would like the variable to
stay a string

Dim userinfo As String = "5.0.2456.4343"

Dim buserinfo As String

buserinfo = userinfo.Substring(userinfo - 8)

 

[Armin Zingler]

I get a casting error when I try to do this.. I would like the
variable to stay a string

Dim userinfo As String = "5.0.2456.4343"

Dim buserinfo As String

buserinfo = userinfo.Substring(userinfo - 8)

What is "userinfo - 8"? You can not subtract a number from a string - or is
this the question?


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[Arne Janning]

I get a casting error when I try to do this.. I would like the variable to
stay a string

Dim userinfo As String = "5.0.2456.4343"

Dim buserinfo As String

buserinfo = userinfo.Substring(userinfo - 8)

1. Turn Option Strict On

2. buserinfo = userinfo.Substring(0, userinfo.Length - 8)

Cheers

Arne Janning

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I get a casting error when I try to do this.. I would like the variable to
stay a string

Dim userinfo As String = "5.0.2456.4343"

Dim buserinfo As String

buserinfo = userinfo.Substring(userinfo - 8)

'userinfo' is a 'String', so it's not possible to subtract 8 from the
string. Maybe you want to use 'userinfo.Length' which will return the
length of the string.