Strings

Strings are supported by the .NET String class. The String data type can represent a series of characters and can contain approximately up to 2 billion Unicode characters. There are many built-in functions in the String class. Some .NET Framework function are also built into the String class. Some common String functions are discussed below:

• LCase: Converts a string to lower case
  
• UCase:Converts a string to uppercase
• Len: Calculates the number of characters in the string
  
• LTrim:Omits spaces that appear on the left-side of the string
  
• RTrim:Omits spaces that appear on the Right-side of the string
• Trim: Omits both leading and trailing spaces
  
• Clone: Clones a string
  
• Concat:Joins two strings
  
• Space: Used to create a string with spaces
  
• Left: Takes two arguments and return a string that consists of the left most characters of the string sent
• Right: Takes two arguments and return a string that consists of the Right most characters of the string sent
• Instr: Searches and return a shorter string within a long string
  
• Replace:Searches for a small string in a long string and replace it with the specified string.