.NET equivalent of the old vb left(string, length) function

Question

As a non-.NET programmer I\'m looking for the .NET equivalent of the old Visual Basic function left(string, length). It was lazy in that it worked for any lengt

Answer 1

Another one line option would be something like the following:

myString.Substring(0, Math.Min(length, myString.Length))

Where myString is the string you are trying to work with.