Fixed length strings

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Are fixed length strings available in VB.Net?

In Quickbasic, fixed length strings could be declared thus:

DIM str AS STRING * 10 'gives a string of length 10

Is there some equivalent command in VB.Net Express?
 
Lost said:
Are fixed length strings available in VB.Net?
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Yes and no. Could you describe the scenario in more detail? Maybe there is
a better solution than a fixed-length string.
 
Lost said:
Are fixed length strings available in VB.Net?

In Quickbasic, fixed length strings could be declared thus:

DIM str AS STRING * 10 'gives a string of length 10

Is there some equivalent command in VB.Net Express?
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There's no equivalent, but it's trivially easy to limit either the value
assigned to a variable, or the result of "reading" from a variable.

Show some code and someone will probaby have a more detailed suggestion.
 
J. Moreno said:
There's no equivalent, but it's trivially easy to limit either the value
assigned to a variable, or the result of "reading" from a variable.
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That's what I've done as a workaround.

Thanks to everyone who answered.
 
Hello Lost,
Are fixed length strings available in VB.Net?
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There is.

<VBFixedString(YourStringLength)>

Taken from http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x14b6s77.aspx


Structure Person
Public ID As Integer
Public MonthlySalary As Decimal
Public LastReviewDate As Long
<VBFixedString(15)> Public FirstName As String
<VBFixedString(15)> Public LastName As String
<VBFixedString(15)> Public Title As String
<VBFixedString(150)> Public ReviewComments As String
End Structure

Best Regards,

HKSHK
 
HKSHK said:
Hello Lost,


There is.

<VBFixedString(YourStringLength)>

Taken from http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x14b6s77.aspx


Structure Person
Public ID As Integer
Public MonthlySalary As Decimal
Public LastReviewDate As Long
<VBFixedString(15)> Public FirstName As String
<VBFixedString(15)> Public LastName As String
<VBFixedString(15)> Public Title As String
<VBFixedString(150)> Public ReviewComments As String
End Structure
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Thank you.
 
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