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

Dim str As String = "010451-09F2"
Dim leftPart As String = str.Split("-")(0)

Split gives you the left and right parts in a string array. Accessing the first element (index 0) gives you the left part.