VB Like *

[André]

Hi

Does anyone know how I can use the Like statement in VB.net and C# .net?

I know it works in VB.net but when I turn on option strict, It doest like it.

How would I use this statement in VB.net and C#

If textbox1.text Like "*Week*" Then
….
End if

If(textbox1.tex t Like “*Week*”)
{}
I am also looking for the wild card *

Thank you,

[Samuel R. Neff]

Re: VB Like *


Use String.IndexOf, for "*something *", String.StartsWi th for
"something* " and String.EndsWith for "*something "

HTH,

Sam


On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 13:35:06 -0800, André
<Andr@discussio ns.microsoft.co m> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Hi
>
>Does anyone know how I can use the Like statement in VB.net and C# .net?
>
>I know it works in VB.net but when I turn on option strict, It doest like it.
>
>How would I use this statement in VB.net and C#
>
>If textbox1.text Like "*Week*" Then
>….
>End if
>
>If(textbox1.te xt Like “*Week*”)
>{}
>I am also looking for the wild card *
>
>Thank you,[/color]

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Re: VB Like *

"André" <Andr@discussio ns.microsoft.co m> schrieb:[color=blue]
> Does anyone know how I can use the Like statement in VB.net and C# .net?
>
> I know it works in VB.net but when I turn on option strict, It doest like
> it.
>
> How would I use this statement in VB.net and C#
>
> If textbox1.text Like "*Week*" Then
> ….
> End if[/color]

The code above compiles with 'Option Strict On'!
[color=blue]
> If(textbox1.tex t Like “*Week*”)
> {}
> I am also looking for the wild card *[/color]

There is no 1:1 replacement for 'Like' in the .NET Framework. You may want
to use 'System.Text.Re gularExpression s.Regex.IsMatch ' instead, which uses a
different syntax for the pattern.

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