MID(cName,2,1) in VB...

Left&Right are the same.

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>I used to be a VFP programmer and just new here in UT. Thanks to my friend who gave me this exciting site. Now that I am inclined to learn VB, I have this very first question:
>
>What's the equivalent of SUBSTR() function of VFP in VB?
>
>Ex. in VFP
>cName = 'JUDE'
>cString = SUBSTR(cName,2,1) ' Returns 'N'