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user41829
user41829

Reputation: 105

Error when using Len()

I have the following block of code:

Public Function GetDate(ByVal adate AS String) AS String
    Dim len AS Integer = Len(adate) /*problem line*/
    Dim strSubstr AS String = Mid(adate, 0, len-2)
    Dim compStr AS String = strSubstr + "00"

    return compStr
End Function

I'm getting an error:

Expression is not an array or method, and cannot have an argument list

I'm new to VB but I feel like I'm doing this correctly, what am I missing here?

EDIT:

This is what finally worked for me:

Public Function GetDate(ByVal adate AS String) AS String
    Dim mylen AS Integer = adate.Length
    Dim strSubstr AS String = adate.Substring(0, mylen-2)
    Dim compStr AS String = strSubstr & "00"

    return compStr
End Function

Upvotes: 0

Views: 466

Answers (2)

user41829
user41829

Reputation: 105

This is what finally worked for me:

Public Function GetDate(ByVal adate AS String) AS String
    Dim mylen AS Integer = adate.Length
    Dim strSubstr AS String = adate.Substring(0, mylen-2)
    Dim compStr AS String = strSubstr & "00"

    return compStr
End Function

Upvotes: 0

Culpepper
Culpepper

Reputation: 1111

It looks like it was giving you an error because you were using a vb keyword (len) as a variable.

Try this:

 Public Function GetDate(ByVal adate As String) As String
        Dim myLen As Integer = Len(adate)
        Dim strSubstr As String = Mid(adate, 0, myLen - 2)
        Dim compStr As String = strSubstr + "00"

        Return compStr
    End Function

Upvotes: 1

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