Hi all,



How can I remove the rightmost character of a string using VBScript?  I'm

doing this serverside and everything on that end is being done in VBScript.



For example, change  "testX" to "test".



The string comes from user input, and could be any length, such as

"blahblahX" or "scoobiedoobieX", or whatever.



In case you're curious, I append an "X" or "Y" to the user input on the

previous page, depending on which checkbox the user picks, and then use it's

value to determine which field in my database to stuff it into. Before you

ask, I can't use radio buttons in this case.

I need to get rid of that extra character before the string goes in the db.



Just out of curiosity, is there a way to chop off a specified number of

characters?



Thanks in advance,



Mike

mystring = "YOUR STRING"

newstring = left(mystring,len(mystring)-X)



should do it. (-X at the end will strip off X chars)



-----Original Message-----

From: Michael Goldman [mailto:mg188@h...]

Sent: 23 January 2001 00:02

To: ASP Web HowTo

Subject: [asp_web_howto] parsing question





Hi all,



How can I remove the rightmost character of a string using VBScript?  I'm

doing this serverside and everything on that end is being done in VBScript.



For example, change  "testX" to "test".



The string comes from user input, and could be any length, such as

"blahblahX" or "scoobiedoobieX", or whatever.



In case you're curious, I append an "X" or "Y" to the user input on the

previous page, depending on which checkbox the user picks, and then use it's

value to determine which field in my database to stuff it into. Before you

ask, I can't use radio buttons in this case.

I need to get rid of that extra character before the string goes in the db.



Just out of curiosity, is there a way to chop off a specified number of

characters?



Thanks in advance,



Mike

yep you can :



strText = "textX" 



'stripping of the right one by taking the left part -1 one character

 

strText = Left(strText,Len(strText)-1)



though...for somebody to understand your coding logic, once you have made a

million and sit somewhere at the beach....





Andreas





-----Original Message-----

From: Michael Goldman [mailto:mg188@h...]

Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 01:02

To: ASP Web HowTo

Subject: [asp_web_howto] parsing question





Hi all,



How can I remove the rightmost character of a string using VBScript?  I'm

doing this serverside and everything on that end is being done in VBScript.



For example, change  "testX" to "test".



The string comes from user input, and could be any length, such as

"blahblahX" or "scoobiedoobieX", or whatever.



In case you're curious, I append an "X" or "Y" to the user input on the

previous page, depending on which checkbox the user picks, and then use it's

value to determine which field in my database to stuff it into. Before you

ask, I can't use radio buttons in this case.

I need to get rid of that extra character before the string goes in the db.



Just out of curiosity, is there a way to chop off a specified number of

characters?



Thanks in advance,



Mike

str = left(str, len(str)-1)



the above algorythm will return a string one character shorter, starting

from the left.  Increase 1 to remove more characters, change left to right

to remove from other end...



-----Original Message-----

From: Michael Goldman [mailto:mg188@h...]

Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 12:02 AM

To: ASP Web HowTo

Subject: [asp_web_howto] parsing question





Hi all,



How can I remove the rightmost character of a string using VBScript?  I'm

doing this serverside and everything on that end is being done in VBScript.



For example, change  "testX" to "test".



The string comes from user input, and could be any length, such as

"blahblahX" or "scoobiedoobieX", or whatever.



In case you're curious, I append an "X" or "Y" to the user input on the

previous page, depending on which checkbox the user picks, and then use it's

value to determine which field in my database to stuff it into. Before you

ask, I can't use radio buttons in this case.

I need to get rid of that extra character before the string goes in the db.



Just out of curiosity, is there a way to chop off a specified number of

characters?



Thanks in advance,



Mike

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strValue = Left(strValue, nDesiredCharacters)



-----Original Message-----

From: Michael Goldman [mailto:mg188@h...]

Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 7:02 PM

To: ASP Web HowTo

Subject: [asp_web_howto] parsing question





Hi all,



How can I remove the rightmost character of a string using VBScript?  I'm

doing this serverside and everything on that end is being done in VBScript.



For example, change  "testX" to "test".



The string comes from user input, and could be any length, such as

"blahblahX" or "scoobiedoobieX", or whatever.



In case you're curious, I append an "X" or "Y" to the user input on the

previous page, depending on which checkbox the user picks, and then use it's

value to determine which field in my database to stuff it into. Before you

ask, I can't use radio buttons in this case.

I need to get rid of that extra character before the string goes in the db.



Just out of curiosity, is there a way to chop off a specified number of

characters?



Thanks in advance,



Mike





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Try this:

strS = Left(strY,Len(strY)-1)



Wally Burfine

thanks to all who answered this question.  works great!

----- Original Message -----

From: "Martin McIntyre" <MartinM@s...>

To: "ASP Web HowTo" <asp_web_howto@p...>

Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 2:27 AM

Subject: [asp_web_howto] RE: parsing question





> mystring = "YOUR STRING"

> newstring = left(mystring,len(mystring)-X)

>

> should do it. (-X at the end will strip off X chars)

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Michael Goldman [mailto:mg188@h...]

> Sent: 23 January 2001 00:02

> To: ASP Web HowTo

> Subject: [asp_web_howto] parsing question

>

>

> Hi all,

>

> How can I remove the rightmost character of a string using VBScript?  I'm

> doing this serverside and everything on that end is being done in

VBScript.

>

> For example, change  "testX" to "test".

>

> The string comes from user input, and could be any length, such as

> "blahblahX" or "scoobiedoobieX", or whatever.

>

> In case you're curious, I append an "X" or "Y" to the user input on the

> previous page, depending on which checkbox the user picks, and then use

it's

> value to determine which field in my database to stuff it into. Before you

> ask, I can't use radio buttons in this case.

> I need to get rid of that extra character before the string goes in the

db.

>

> Just out of curiosity, is there a way to chop off a specified number of

> characters?

>

> Thanks in advance,

>

> Mike