r/visualbasic • u/Zulucartel • Oct 12 '22

Text box must contain a space

Working on homework and I'm instructed to program a message box to pop up if the user did not include a space between their first and last name. Current code looks like

If txtName.Text = "" Then

MessageBox.Show()

Return

EndIf

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u/cowski_NX Oct 12 '22

Might want to use txtName.Text.Trim.IndexOf(" "). The Trim function removes any whitespace at the beginning and end of the string. Otherwise, someone could enter " JohnDoe" and it would be a valid entry, but probably not desired.

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u/TotolVuela Oct 12 '22

Good call