Strings.GetChar(String, Int32) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualBasic

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll

Source:: Strings.vb

Source:: Strings.vb

Source:: Strings.vb

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Returns a Char value representing the character from the specified index in the supplied string.

public:
 static char GetChar(System::String ^ str, int Index);

public static char GetChar (string str, int Index);

static member GetChar : string * int -> char

Public Function GetChar (str As String, Index As Integer) As Char

Parameters

str: String

Required. Any valid String expression.

Index: Int32

Required. Integer expression. The (1-based) index of the character in str to be returned.

Returns

Char

Char value representing the character from the specified index in the supplied string.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

str is Nothing, Index < 1, or Index is greater than index of last character of str.

Examples

This example shows how to use the GetChar function to return a character from a specified index in a String.

Dim testString As String = "ABCDE"
Dim testChar As Char
' Returns "D"
testChar = GetChar(testString, 4)

Remarks

If Index is less than 1 or greater than the index of the last character in str, an ArgumentException is thrown.

Applies to

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