VB to C# Functions

Question

Which are the equivalent of the following operators from VB.Net to C#?

• UBound()
• LBound()
• IsNothing()
• Chr()
• Len()
• UCase()
• LCase()
• Left()
• Right()
• RTrim()
• LTrim()
• Trim()
• Mid()
• Replace()
• Split()
• Join()
• MsgBox()
• IIF()

Answer 1

VB             C#

UBound()     = yourArray.GetUpperBound(0) or yourArray.Length for one-dimesional arrays
LBound()     = yourArray.GetLowerBound(0)
IsNothing()  = Object.ReferenceEquals(obj,null)
Chr()        = Convert.ToChar()
Len()        = "string".Length
UCase()      = "string".ToUpper()
LCase()      = "string".ToLower()
Left()       = "string".Substring(0, length)
Right()      = "string".Substring("string".Length - desiredLength)
RTrim()      = "string".TrimEnd()
LTrim()      = "string".TrimStart()
Trim()       = "string".Trim()
Mid()        = "string".Substring(start, length)
Replace()    = "string".Replace()
Split()      = "string".Split()
Join()       = String.Join()
MsgBox()     = MessageBox.Show()
IIF()        = (boolean_condition ? "true" : "false")

Notes

• yourArray.GetUpperBound(0) vs yourArray.Length: if the array is zero-length, GetUpperBound will return -1, while Length will return 0. UBound() in VB.NET will return -1 for zero-length arrays.
• The VB string functions uses a one based index, while the .NET method uses a zero based index. I.e. Mid("asdf",2,2) corresponds to "asdf".SubString(1,2).
• ? is not the exact equivalent of IIf because IIf always evaluates both arguments, and ? only evaluates the one it needs. This could matter if there are side effects of the evaluation ~ shudder!
• The Many classic VB String functions, including Len(), UCase(), LCase(), Right(), RTrim(), and Trim(), will treat an argument of Nothing (Null in c#) as being equivalent to a zero-length string. Running string methods on Nothing will, of course, throw an exception.
• You can also pass Nothing to the classic VB Mid() and Replace() functions. Instead of throwing an exception, these will return Nothing.