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Mark_Wallace wrote:

money for nothing

RyanDev wrote:

Errors if you give it a length that is longer than the string.

9082365 wrote:

As one would jolly well hope it did

public static string Left(this string theString, int length)
{
    int sz = length > theString.Length + 1 ? theString.Length:length;

    return theString.Substring(0, sz);
}

RyanDev wrote:

Don't give me workarounds when all I want to do is complain.

RyanDev wrote:

I know it's super simple to write one myself, but the point is I should not have to.

Mark_Wallace wrote:

It's that it was taken away

Public Shared Function Left (
	str As String,
	Length As Integer
) As String

public static string Left(
	string str,
	int Length
)

public static string Left(this string theString, int length)
{
    if (length < 0) throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(length));
    if (theString == null || length == 0) return string.Empty;
    if (theString.Length <= length) return theString;
    return theString.Substring(0, length);
}

Dim s As String = "He11o"
Mid$(s, 3, 2) = "ll"

public static string Left(this string target, int length)
{
    if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(target) //could just do == null; condition below caters to empty (which is faster I wonder)
        return target;

    return target.SubString(0, Math.Min(target.Length, length));
}

RyanDev wrote:

I miss VB.

Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]