Length Property - Stores an integer that represents the number of characters contained in a string, or the numberof elements contained in an array.
TrimStart – Removes one or more characters from the beginning of a string, and then returns a string with the appropriate characters removes.
TrimEnd – Removes one or more characters from the end of a string, and then returns a string with the appropriate characters removed.
Trim Method – Removes on or more characters from the beginning and end of a string, and then returns a string with the appropriate characters removed.
Dim fullName As String
fullName = nameTextBox.Text.TrimStart()
assigns to the fullName variable the contents of the NameTextBox’s Text property, excluding any leading spaces
Remove Method – Removes on or more characters from a string, and then returns a string with the appropriate characters removed.
Dim fullName As String = “John Cober”
nameTextBox.Text = fullName.Remove(0,5)
assigns the string”cober” to the nameTextBox’s Text property
Mid Statement – Replaces a portion of a string with another string.
Dim fullName As String = “Rob Smith”
Mid(fullName, 7, 1) = “y”
Changes the contents of the fullName variable to “Rob Smith”
PadLeft Method – Returns a string with the appropriate characters inserted at the beginning of the string.
PadRight Method – Returns a string with the appropriate characters inserted at the end of the string.
Dim number as integer = 42
Dim outputNumber As String
outputNumber = Convert.ToString(number)
outputNumber = outputNumber.Padleft(5)
assigns” 42” (three spaces and the string”42”) to the outputNumber
variable
Insert Method – Returns a string a string with the appropriate characters inserted.
Dim name As String = “Rob Smith”
Dim fullName As String
fullName = name.Insert(4, “T. “)
