Format$ question

[phhonl]

Dim x As String
x = Format$("50", "00000000")

in vb6 x returns "00000050"

in vb.net 2005 x returns "0000000"

How do I get the vb6 result in vb.net 2005?

[zacks@construction-imaging.com]

Re: Format$ question

On Sep 13, 1:25 pm, "phhonl" <phh...@newsgro ups.nospamwrote :

Dim x As String
x = Format$("50", "00000000")
>
in vb6 x returns "00000050"
>
in vb.net 2005 x returns "0000000"
>
How do I get the vb6 result in vb.net 2005?

How are you doing it in .NET, with the Format function or the
string.Format method?

[phhonl]

Re: Format$ question

In .net I tried:

x = System.String.F ormat("50", "00000000")

and that returns "50". I need it to return "00000050"


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On Sep 13, 1:25 pm, "phhonl" <phh...@newsgro ups.nospamwrote :

>Dim x As String
>x = Format$("50", "00000000")
>>
>in vb6 x returns "00000050"
>>
>in vb.net 2005 x returns "0000000"
>>
>How do I get the vb6 result in vb.net 2005?

>
How are you doing it in .NET, with the Format function or the
string.Format method?
>

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=F6ran_Andersson?=]

Re: Format$ question

phhonl wrote:

In .net I tried:
>
x = System.String.F ormat("50", "00000000")
>
and that returns "50". I need it to return "00000050"
>

The Format.String method doesn't work like the Format$ function. The
format comes first, and the format string has to contain format
specifiers as it can format several values:

x = String.Format(" {0:00000000}", 50)

You can use the ToString method to format a single value:

x = 50.ToString("00 000000")

--
Göran Andersson
_____

http://www.guffa.com

[phhonl]

Re: Format$ question

Thanks to you and Armin for the help. I appreciate it.


"Göran Andersson" <guffa@guffa.co mwrote in message
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phhonl wrote:

>In .net I tried:
>>
>x = System.String.F ormat("50", "00000000")
>>
>and that returns "50". I need it to return "00000050"
>>

>
The Format.String method doesn't work like the Format$ function. The
format comes first, and the format string has to contain format specifiers
as it can format several values:
>
x = String.Format(" {0:00000000}", 50)
>
You can use the ToString method to format a single value:
>
x = 50.ToString("00 000000")
>
--
Göran Andersson
_____
http://www.guffa.com

[Phill W.]

Re: Format$ question

phhonl wrote:

Dim x As String
x = Format$("50", "00000000")

in vb6 x returns "00000050"
in vb.net 2005 x returns "0000000"

How do I get the vb6 result in vb.net 2005?

Use the correct Data Types.

"50" is a String and can only be formatted using the /string/ formatting
characters ("@" being the only one, IIRC).

50 is an Integer and can use all the /numeric/ formatting characters, as
you would expect.

x = Format(50, "00000000")

or, better still,

x = 50.ToString("00 000000")

VB "Proper" used its Evil Type Coercion to translate the String value
into an integer value for you.

Visual Basic - the shiny new, all grown-up, object-oriented language -
/doesn't/.

HTH,
Phill W.