Hi all

I am trying to write a C# dataform where a company ID is created from the first four letters of the customers name + a number. Any ideas? As Left() is not used. and I can't find a reference to substrings.

Wien

There are quite a few string operations - have a look under "String"

The String class even has a Substring method!

Why doesn't someone answer with just a quick example instead of saying things like "lookup string"?

As a VB-oriented programmer, if someone mentions Left() and they are trying to find an alternative in C#, then a C# expert should just post the c# equivalent of:
Left(somevariable, 3) & somenumber

Fab

Lizr and Danny don't answer people with code especially who don't show their effort in solving easy problem, they're right, aren't they?!

We dont just hand you the answer because you have demonstrated you dont know how to find out information for yourself, something as simple as this should be something you find in the helpfile - if your question had been more of

Ive got this code, I dont see why its producing <this> when I expected <that> sure, you're likely to see a more informative response, but when the answer is a case of Press F1 for help and read the info you already have to hand, you shouldnt need someone to tell you

I would not call myself an expert. I like programming and I know something about C#, and I like to help people.
Left, Right and Mid are all flavours of one thing in C# : Substring

If I was new to C# and I would ask myself "How can I do Left in C#?"and LizR gave me the answer "He man look under String"(see #2) The first thing I would do then is lookup the String class and see what it does. If I found a method that would solve my needs I would post a thank you an mark the thread as solved. If I still had the faintest idea of how to go on I would post a new question and mention the things I already had done.

I'm just a guy trying to learn so take my advice with a grain of salt -
first off, I agree with the others, and they are not heartless, just tired of a lot of people working on a project for school somewhere who want us to write their code for them.

If I'm not mistaken what you want is something like this



transfers to


at least I think that's correct.

(By the way, look at the number of threads they have marked as "solved" - they are willing to help, they just want some effort from the poster first...)

Rapture is right, its not that we hate you or want you to hate us either. However the addage, give a man a fish, he eats for the day, give a man a fishing rod he can eat for a year.

If we give you an a line of code, what did you learn, we will feed you.

If we give you places to look and how to find your answers..
You learn to find them yourself and work faster and smarter.

Must be somevariable.Substring(0,2);

P.S.
You would not like to know how many times I made such mistakes!