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"Testing.BSMain, Text: Start Page"

I would like to substring the value above and returning me only the value after the ": " in vb.net. How can i do that?

Fire Hand
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    possible duplicate of [String substring function](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1082650/string-substring-function) – Ken White Jun 21 '12 at 02:19

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Assumes no error checking:

Dim phrase As String = "Testing.BSMain, Text: Start Page".Split(":")(1)

which simply splits the phrase by the colon and returns the second part.

To use SubString, try this:

Dim test As String = "Testing.BSMain, Text: Start Page"
Dim phrase As String = test.Substring(test.IndexOf(":"c) + 1)
LarsTech
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  • Don't use Split if your original string has more than one ":" or you'll only get back what's between the first to the second ":". – ourmandave Jan 06 '22 at 16:54
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you can use the split method to return the value after the colon : 

   Dim word as String  = "Testing.BSMain, Text: Start Page"
   Dim wordArr as String()  = word.Split(":")
   Dim result as String = wordArr(1);
Nudier Mena
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If proposed solutions don't work for you I did it this way:

result= Split("Testing.BSMain, Text: Start Page", ":")(1)
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