by DiskJunky (16 Submissions)
Category: String Manipulation
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Fri 4th May 2001
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
(1 Votes)
These two functions are usefull for reading .ini files. GetBefore returns everything in the string before the "=" sign. GetAfter, returns all
VBcoders
'string before the "=" sign.
Const Sign = "="
Dim Counter As Integer
Dim Before As String
'find the position of the equals sign
Counter = 1
For Counter = 1 To Len(Sentence)
If Mid(Sentence, Counter, 1) = Sign Then
'break loop on first equals sign.
Exit For
End If
Next Counter
If Counter <> Len(Sentence) Then
Before = Left(Sentence, (Counter - 1))
Else
Before = ""
End If
GetBefore = Before
End Function
Public Function GetAfter(Sentence As String) As String
'string after the "=" sign.
Const Sign = "="
Dim Counter As Integer
Dim Rest As String
'find the position of the equals sign
Counter = 1
For Counter = 1 To Len(Sentence)
If Mid(Sentence, Counter, 1) = Sign Then
'break loop on first equals sign.
Exit For
End If
Next Counter
If Counter <> Len(Sentence) Then
Rest = Right(Sentence, (Len(Sentence) - Counter))
Else
Rest = ""
End If
GetAfter = Rest
End Function
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