Question

i have this cpp code that i need an equvalent in vb.net or at leat know what its doing so i can figure out a conversion myself

const char * CResult::strnchr(const char *str, int len, char c) const
{
if (!str)
    return NULL;

const char *p = str;
while (len > 0)
{
    if (!*p)
        return NULL;
    if (*p == c)
        return p;
    p++;
    len--;
}
return NULL;
}

and this one

memcmp(prevprev, "ANY", 3)

thank you

Answer 1

strnchr --  Find a character in a length limited string

See this. You can do the same thing in VB.net using String.IndexOf, e.g.

Dim myString As String = "ABCDE"
Dim myInteger As Integer
myInteger = myString.IndexOf("D")  ' myInteger = 3

Example copied from MSDN.