convert string to string []

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How can convert string to string [] in vb.net?

Vulpes · Answer

Actually, I think I must have mis-read this question when I first posted as my answer is for converting a String() to a String, not the other way around! However, there still isn't any conversion defined between a String and a String() though you can obviously do: Dim a As String() = {"Suthish"} Now a.ToCharArray() gives you a Char() consisting of the individual chararacters of the String but there's no conversion defined between a Char() and a String() so that doesn't really help. Perhaps the best you can do is: Dim name As String = "Suthish" Dim a As String() = new String(name.Length){} For i As Integer = 0 To name.Length - 1 a(i) = name.Chars(i) Next i

Suthish Nair · Answer

Vulpes, then what about ToCharArray()?

Gurjeet Singh · Answer

Thanx to lend a hand to solve this problem

Vulpes · Answer

You can't - there are no explicit conversions defined between the two types. However, you can do something like this: Dim arr as String() = {"Gurjeet", "Singh"} Dim name As String = String.Join(" ", arr) You can also assign any particular element of a string array to a 'scalar' string variable: Dim name2 As String = arr(1)

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