Returns a string created by joining a number of substrings contained in an array.
Function Join(
ByVal SourceArray() As { Object | String },
Optional ByVal Delimiter As String = " "
) As String
Parameters
- SourceArray()
- Required. One-dimensional array containing substrings to be joined.
- Delimiter
- Optional. String used to separate the substrings in the returned string. If omitted, the space character (" ") is used. If Delimiter is a zero-length string (""), all items in the list are concatenated with no delimiters.
Exceptions/Errors
| Exception type | Error number | Condition |
| ArgumentException | 5 | SourceArray() is not one dimensional. |
Example
The following example demonstrates use of the Join function.
Dim myItem(2) As String
Dim myShoppingList As String
myItem(0) = "Pickle"
myItem(1) = "Pineapple"
myItem(2) = "Papaya"
' Returns "Pickle, Pineapple, Papaya"
myShoppingList = Join(myItem, ", ")
Requirements
Namespace: Microsoft.VisualBasic
Module: Strings
Assembly: Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Runtime (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)
See Also
Split Function | ArgumentException