Left of a character in a string in vb.net

Question

say if I have a string 010451-09F2

How to I get left of - from the above string in vb.net

I want 010451

The left fu

Answer 1

Given:

Dim strOrig = "010451-09F2"

You can do any of the following:

Dim leftString = strOrig.Substring(0, strOrig.IndexOf("-"))

Or:

Dim leftString = strOrig.Split("-"c)(0) ' Take the first index in the array

Or:

Dim leftString = Left(strOrig, InStr(strOrig, "-"))
' Could also be: Mid(strOrig, 0, InStr(strOrig, "-"))