String Builder Insert

[sterlingy]

I was under the impression that INSERT would allow me to insert an entire string inside another string, but it seems not to behave that way.

I'm trying to build a string that represents a score, and when the score is zero, the string is "00000". When the score is 3298, then the string would read "003298"

I converted 3298 to a string and then used Insert(2, scoreString), but this didn't work.

So how do I insert 3298 into "000000"?

-Sterling

 

[sterlingy]

I got it to work. Seems a bit convoluted. If there is a better way, please let me know.

Here are the basics:

Dim scoreLen As Int
score = 12334
scoreTxtCon = score
scoreLen = scoreTxtCon.Length
scoreSB.Initialize
scoreSB.Append("000000")
scoreSB.Remove(6 - scoreLen , 6)
scoreSB.Append(score)
scoretxt = scoreSB.ToString

-Sterling

 

[mangojack]

Here's my penny's worth

Dim score As String
score = 3298
Label1.Text = MakeScore(score)
   
Sub MakeScore(str As String) As String
   
   Do Until str.Length =6
      str = 0 & str
   Loop   
   Return str
   
End Sub

Cheers mj

 

[stevel05]

Do you need to use a string? if it's for display purposes, use an Int and NumberFormat.

Dim I As Int = 3298
Log(NumberFormat(I,6,0))

 

[sterlingy]

Do you need to use a string? if it's for display purposes, use an Int and NumberFormat.

Steve,

You win today's prize. The only thing I'm not too happy with is that it inserts a comma, so I get a result like 012,345

-Sterling

 

[stevel05]

Have a look at NumberFormat2
Can't give you the exact syntax, I'm not at my PC.
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[sterlingy]

Have a look at NumberFormat2

Worked like a charm.

Thanks.

-Sterling