Introduction to Strings in Visual Basic

This section describes the basic concepts behind using strings in Visual Basic.

In This Section

• String Basics in Visual Basic
  Introduces the basic concepts behind using strings and string variables.

• Types of String Manipulation Methods in Visual Basic
  Introduces several different ways to analyze and manipulate strings.

• Nothing and Strings in Visual Basic
  Describes how the Visual Basic runtime and the .NET Framework evaluate Nothing differently when it comes to strings.

• How Culture Affects Strings in Visual Basic
  Discusses how Visual Basic uses culture information to perform string conversions and comparisons.

• Zero-based vs. One-based String Access in Visual Basic
  Compares how Visual Basic and the .NET Framework provide access to the characters in a string.

See Also

Other Resources

Strings in Visual Basic

Building Strings in Visual Basic