Differences in Format method between VB6 an VB.NET

[Diego F]

I'm having problems because the use of Format function gives different results in VB6 and in VB.NET. That line: format("80", "000") results "80" in VB6, and "000" in VB.NET. How can I solve that?

Regards, Diego F.

[Diego F]

I could solve that by adding String before format function. So: Format("80", "000") returns "000" String.Format("80", "000") returns "80"

Regards, Diego F.

[Dave Kreskowiak]

It doesn't work because the "000" format specifier is for numeric values only. You passed in a string of characters ("80"). It will work if you do

Dim str As String = Format(80, "000")

returns "080".

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[Guffa]

Diego F. wrote:

String.Format("80", "000") returns "80"

That's because you are specifying a format string without any formatting what so ever. String.Format("80", "fubar") also returns "80". What you want is: 80.ToString("000") or String.Format("{0:000}", 80)

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