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visual studio 2010 - reference question

Within my app, I am receiving a string containing a folder path.
Within that path, there will be a number from 1 to 6 . I have been determining the number's position by splitting the string on the "\" character - so far, it has always been in the 3rd element (though I can adjust my logic if that changes at some point).
My dilema is, I need to convert that number to a letter (1=H, 2=I, etc...6=M).
So I'd like to know what options I have to approach this.
My app needs to run a shelled process that needs the local volume, which is indicated by the numeric value in the string.
Looking for suggestions - thanks!

choedanKal

im not sure i got you correctly, but if you start from 'H' than : Convert.ToInt32(char - 'G')

sirbounty

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Hmm - not following that route.

Here's what I'm currently using in my function...was looking for something perhaps a bit more efficient:

  Dim ServerName As String
  Select Case FolderPath.Split("\")(3).Substring(FolderPath.Split("\")(3).Length - 2, 1)
     Case 1 ' = H
         ServerName = FolderPath.Split("\")(2).ToUpper
         FolderPath = "H:\Data" & FolderPath.Substring(FolderPath.IndexOf("\", 3)).Replace("_1$", "")

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That puts FolderPath in a usuable format. FolderPath value will be one of two path combinations, but the above works for both (i.e. something like \\server\datashare_1$\ or \\server\archiveshare_1$)

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sirbounty

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I get where you're going with that, but ended up having to use chr(71+drive) - 47 was coming up as "/", and the resulting chr(48) was "0".
Also modified the replace function to read in the drive variable instead of the numeric constant.

At any rate, that should do it - thanks!

Nasir Razzaq

Glad to help. I saw 47 which was in hex column which I did not realize. H is 72.