Demonstrating StartsWith and EndsWith methods : String Find « Data Type « VB.Net Tutorial

Module Tester

   Sub Main()
      Dim strings As String()
      Dim output As String = ""
      Dim i As Integer
      Dim quotes As Char = ChrW(34)

      strings = New String() {"started", "starting", _
         "ended", "ending"}

      For i = 0 To strings.GetUpperBound(0)
         If strings(i).StartsWith("st") Then
            Console.WriteLine(" starts with st")
         End If

      Next

      For i = 0 To strings.GetUpperBound(0)
         If strings(i).EndsWith("ed") Then
            Console.WriteLine(" ends with ed" )
         End If

      Next

   End Sub ' Main

End Module

starts with st
 starts with st
 ends with ed
 ends with ed

2.33.String Find
	2.33.1.	Demonstrating StartsWith and EndsWith methods
	2.33.2.	Return the index of the string
	2.33.3.	Use IndexOf to locate a substring in a string
	2.33.4.	Use LastIndexOf to find a substring in a string
	2.33.5.	Use IndexOfAny to find first occurrence of character in array
	2.33.6.	Use LastIndexOfAny to find first occurrence of character in array
	2.33.7.	String Index of any
	2.33.8.	Use the LastIndexOf(Char) method to find the last directory separator character in a string
	2.33.9.	EndsWith method.
	2.33.10.	Find the index of the last occurrence of any character in the string "is" within another string.
	2.33.11.	IsMatch(String) determines whether a string is a valid to Regular expression