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You can use the instr-function<br />
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position = InStr(&quot;abc:def&quot;, &quot;:&quot;) - 1<br />
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<a href="http://www.aivosto.com/vbtips/instr.html" rel="ugc">http://www.aivosto.com/vbtips/instr.html</a>
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You can use the instr-function

position = InStr("abc:def", ":") - 1

http://www.aivosto.com/vbtips/instr.html [http://www.aivosto.com/vbtips/instr.html]

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<u>VB6: </u><br />
MsgBox (InStr(&quot;ThisTextIs16Long:A<wbr />ndHereSome<wbr />MoreText&quot;,<wbr /> &quot;:&quot;)) - 1<br />
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<u>VB.NET:</u><br />
MsgBox(&quot;ThisTextIs16Long:A<wbr />ndHereSome<wbr />MoreText&quot;.<wbr />IndexOf(&quot;:<wbr />&quot;))
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VB6:
MsgBox (InStr("ThisTextIs16Long:AndHereSomeMoreText", ":")) - 1

VB.NET:
MsgBox("ThisTextIs16Long:AndHereSomeMoreText".IndexOf(":"))

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I'm looking for some simple vb code that will count the length of text in a string before the &quot;:&quot; symbol appears.<br />
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Regards<br />
Antonio
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I'm looking for some simple vb code that will count the length of text in a string before the ":" symbol appears.

Regards
Antonio

Count length of string before unique character appears

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