Left of a character in a string in vb.net

Question

say if I have a string 010451-09F2

How to I get left of - from the above string in vb.net

I want 010451

The left fu

Answer 1

Use something like this:

Mid("010451-09F2",1,InStr("-"))

Answer 2

    Dim sValue As String = "010451-09F2"
    Debug.WriteLine(sValue.Substring(0, sValue.IndexOf("-"c)))