.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

You could make your own:

private string left(string inString, int inInt)
{
    if (inInt > inString.Length)
        inInt = inString.Length;
    return inString.Substring(0, inInt);
}

Mine is in C#, and you will have to change it for Visual Basic.