Format$ question

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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?
 
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?
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How are you doing it in .NET, with the Format function or the
string.Format method?
 
phhonl said:
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?
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Right, it should work like in VB6. Though, this is probably because the
behavior is not documented this way. Valid placeholders when formatting
strings are @, &, <, > and !.

I'd use

x = "50".PadLeft(8, "0"c)


Armin
 
In .net I tried:

x = System.String.Format("50", "00000000")

and that returns "50". I need it to return "00000050"
 
x = "50".PadLeft(8, "0"c)

Thanks, that works!

Armin Zingler said:
Right, it should work like in VB6. Though, this is probably because the
behavior is not documented this way. Valid placeholders when formatting
strings are @, &, <, > and !.

I'd use

x = "50".PadLeft(8, "0"c)


Armin
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phhonl said:
In .net I tried:

x = System.String.Format("50", "00000000")

and that returns "50". I need it to return "00000050"
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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("00000000")
 
phhonl said:
Dim x As String
x = Format$("50", "00000000")
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in vb6 x returns "00000050"
in vb.net 2005 x returns "0000000"
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How do I get the vb6 result in vb.net 2005?
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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("00000000")

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.
 
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