C-Sharp InStr Example | ASP.NET C# InStr Syntax | Source Code

C-Sharp InStr Example | ASP.NET C# InStr Syntax | Source Code

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Step 1: Click on C# to Cut-n-paste code into InStr.aspx.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
 
// This example is from http://idealprogrammer.com
// It shows how you can use InStr syntax in C-Sharp ASP.NET
//****************************************************************************************
// Example #1: InStr(startIndex, string1, string2)
// Returns an integer that represents the position of the first occurrence of 
// the second string in the first string. The search starts at the specified
// position in the string.  If the string is not found, the result is 0
//****************************************************************************************
 
 
public partial class StringManipulation_InStr : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Label1.Text = "InStr(startIndex, string1, string2)";
 
        string strField1 = " This ";
        string strField2 = "is";
 
 
 
 
        Label2.Text = (strField1.IndexOf(strField2, 0) + 1).ToString(); //Returns 4 - spaces are counted
    }
}

Step 2: Click on XML to Cut-n-paste code into InStr.aspx

< %@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="InStr.aspx.cs" Inherits="StringManipulation_InStr" %>
 
< !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
 
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
     <h1><asp:label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Label"></asp:label> </h1>
        <asp:label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text="Label"></asp:label><br />
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Prerequistes:

  1. Install Visual Web Developer 2010
  2. Install SQL Server Express
  3. Download Northwind and Pubs Databases
  4. Attach Northwind Database to Databases in Sql Express
  5. Attach pubs Database to Databases in Sql Express

Notes:

  • You can build your own library of syntax examples by using same web site over and over and just add new web forms to it.

Instructions:
CS Syntax String Manipulation InStr

  1. Use Visual Web Developer 2010
  2. Create new web site;
    • Click File/New Web Site
    • Select ASP.NET Website Template
    • Select C-Sharp for Language
    • name of Web Site could be CSharp_ASPNET_Syntax.
  3. Add New folder named “StringManipulation”
    • Right-click project name in solution explorer;
    • add new folder;
    • name of folder could be: StringManipulation
  4. Add Web Form Named InStr.aspx to StringManipulation folder
    • Right-click StringManipulation folder;
    • add new item;
    • Select Web Form
    • Check place code behind in separate file
    • Web Form name could be InStr.aspx
  5. Click on C-Sharp in step 1 at the top of this page to copy code into web form InStr.aspx
  6. Click on XML in step 2 above to copy code into code-behind InStr.aspx.cs
  7. Right-click on InStr.aspx in solution explorer and select view in browser