How to get first name only from full name?

[unba1300]

Could someone please tell me how to determine only the first name from an edittext that contains a first and last name? I've only managed to do the opposite with IndexOf and SubString. Thanks.

 

[NJDude]

Something like this:

FirstName = EditText1.Text.SubString2(0, EditText1.Text.IndexOf(" "))
            
Msgbox("First Name is " & FirstName, "")

 

[unba1300]

Thanks Dude! That works fine.

 

[unba1300]

Although if only one name was entered into the edittext, I get a StringIndexOutOfBoundsException error, since there is no space found, I guess.

 

[NJDude]

That was a simple and quick solution, but yes, you will have to validate the existence of a First and Last Name, like this:

If EditText1.Text.IndexOf(" ") > -1 Then

   FirstName = EditText1.Text.SubString2(0, EditText1.Text.IndexOf(" "))

   Msgbox("First Name is " & FirstName, "")

End If

Of course you can make this code more robust as needed.

 

[unba1300]

Yep, I got it now. I came back to delete my last post, but you had replied already. Love these boards. Thanks again.