Re: [DOTNET] C# Equivs of VB Functions

2002-05-30 Thread Patrick Burrows
uh-huh Patrick Burrows I'm diggin all the way to China With a silver spoon Now Playing: 05 johnny b goode (unnamed server) - [ > -Original Message- > From: Bill Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 11:23 AM > To: [

Re: [DOTNET] C# Equivs of VB Functions

2002-05-30 Thread Jeremy Hopkin
>> Well I did say I hated to mention it (mostly for the >> reasons you oulined)... > > Sorry Jeremy. I hope I didn't come across as bashing > you personally, because I certainly didn't mean it > that way. No worries, I didn't take it that way, I thought you were bashing VB programmers in general

Re: [DOTNET] C# Equivs of VB Functions

2002-05-30 Thread Marsh, Drew
Jeremy Hopkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > Well I did say I hated to mention it (mostly for the > reasons you oulined)... Sorry Jeremy. I hope I didn't come across as bashing you personally, because I certainly didn't mean it that way. > But I thought it was worth pointing out that VB.NE

Re: [DOTNET] C# Equivs of VB Functions

2002-05-30 Thread Brad Wilson
Jeremy Hopkin wrote: > But I thought it was worth pointing out that VB.NET doesn't have any > libraries that you cannot use from C# (Least not that I am aware of) and > they are all there available to use from C#. > Whether it is sensible to use them or whether you want to use them is a > differ

Re: [DOTNET] C# Equivs of VB Functions

2002-05-30 Thread Jeremy Hopkin
>> I hate to say it but, I feel it must be said: >> >> You can use the VB.NET libraries from with C# >> > ...but why you would go to such great lengths to do this is > beyond me. Especially when if you look at the IL for StrDup > all it's doing is what you should be anyway: calling new > String('-

Re: [DOTNET] C# Equivs of VB Functions

2002-05-30 Thread Marsh, Drew
Jeremy Hopkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > I hate to say it but, I feel it must be said: > > You can use the VB.NET libraries from with C# > ( although: String has been renamed StrDup ) > > MyVar = Microsoft.VisualBasic.StrDup(65, "-"); It's actually Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings.StrDup,

Re: [DOTNET] C# Equivs of VB Functions

2002-05-30 Thread Jeremy Hopkin
I hate to say it but, I feel it must be said: You can use the VB.NET libraries from with C# ( although: String has been renamed StrDup ) MyVar = Microsoft.VisualBasic.StrDup(65, "-"); Jeremy :) >> >> Is there an equivalent in C# of the VB String() function? I want to >> create a line of 65 "-"

Re: [DOTNET] C# Equivs of VB Functions

2002-05-30 Thread Bill Schmidt
Perhaps, but not for your original question... string MyVar = new string('-', 65); will do what you asked. Bill On Thu, 30 May 2002 11:12:23 -0400, Patrick Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Good point. Though, I still needed the padd functionality. > > > > >Patrick Burrows >Well I woke up

Re: [DOTNET] C# Equivs of VB Functions

2002-05-30 Thread Walt Ritscher
Convert.ToChar("-"),65); Walt Ritscher -Original Message- From: dotnet discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Patrick Burrows Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 7:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DOTNET] C# Equivs of VB Functions Nevermind. Looks like PadRight or P

Re: [DOTNET] C# Equivs of VB Functions

2002-05-30 Thread Patrick Burrows
Good point. Though, I still needed the padd functionality. Patrick Burrows Well I woke up this morning With the cold water Now Playing: phish - billy breathes - 03 - waste (unnamed server) > -Original Message- > From: Bill Schmidt [mailto:[

Re: [DOTNET] C# Equivs of VB Functions

2002-05-30 Thread Bill Schmidt
Patrick, Its just as well that you did hit send, because PadRight, PadLeft are not the 'correct' answer (even if they might work). The correct answer is to use one of the overloads of the string constructor. That is, type string MyVar = New string( and pick the appropriate constructor (i.e,

Re: [DOTNET] C# Equivs of VB Functions

2002-05-30 Thread Patrick Burrows
Nevermind. Looks like PadRight or PadLeft will do what I want. (you always find the answer as soon as you hit send... it is an unwritten rule of listservers). Patrick Burrows Found an old dog And he seems to like me Now Playing: phish - billy breathes - 03 - waste (unnamed

[DOTNET] C# Equivs of VB Functions

2002-05-30 Thread Patrick Burrows
Is there an equivalent in C# of the VB String() function? I want to create a line of 65 "-" characters (am formatting some text). In VB, I just do: MyVar = String(65,"-") Am looking through the members of the String class and don't see anything. I mean, obviously, I can accomplish the s