Question

I need to split one variable into 3 variables. For example I have a variable called Data and it contains AAA00000001. I need to have them be split between the “AAA”, “0000000”, and “1”. I looked at the Split() function but didn’t get a clear example for this situation. The reason I need to do this is because I want to store these 3 variables into fields for a MySQL database.

Answer 1

Assuming the string is ALWAYS the EXACT same length and need to be split at the SAME place, you can use Substring().

dim s as String = "AAA00000001"

dim s1 as String = s.Substring(0, 3)
dim s2 as String = s.Substring(3, 7)
dim s3 as String = s.Substring(10)

If they’re not always the same length, you’re probably going to need to use Regular Expressions.