String Maniupulation

[lothos12345]

I am trying to manipulate a string.

 

The string has the value = "Johnny Gonzales"

I need it to have the value = "jgonzales"

 

It needs to be flexable enough to account for the original string having different values.

 

Alex Torres

Raymond Cisneros

etc...

 

They are need to end up like:

atorres

rcisneros

etc...

 

I am not quite sure how to accomplish this. Keep in mind that the program has option strict on and that it is in VB.NET. And as always any help is greatly appreciated.

[IngisKahn]

Just do a quick browse of String class and you'll find what you need.

ToLower, Split, and SubString will do the trick.

[snarfblam]

In other words

 

   Dim Names() As String = FullName.Split(" "c)
   Dim FormattedName As String = Names(0).Substring(0, 1).ToLower() & Names(1).ToLower()

 

You should probably check that Names.Length = 2 (or if it equals three, assume that Names(1) is the middle name and use Names(2) as the last name)