dear friend 

there is such function in java, it is only available
in
VB 5. and above and i will reply u later if come to
answer


with love

friend from india


--- "Ma, Eric" <Eric.Ma@C...> wrote:
> There is no Left or Right, but why do you need them?
>  Mid is all you need
> (OK. I once complained about the lack of them).  The
> Mid equivalent is
> java.lang.String.substring().  Pick up "Java In a
> Nutshell" from O'Reilly if
> you need a Java Reference book.
> 
> Eric Ma
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Esa [JSP-list] [mailto:jsplistan@h...]
> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 12:34 PM
> To: Pro_JavaServer_Pages
> Subject: [pro_jsp] handling Strings
> 
> 
> Is there something similar to left(), right() and
> Mid() in JAVA?
> 
> :) Ms Piglet