Reformat a phone number thats a string 1

[peebman2000]

Okay I'm back, still the same project. I’m needing help on how to reformat a phone number which is being read in as a string. It’s being read from a text file in the format of 222/222-2222. I’m needing to write the phone number in the format of 2222222222 to another text file. I’ve tried the ToString, it didn’t work, I’ve tried String.Reformat, that doesn’t work. I have all the code I need to be able to read and write to the text files, but phone number I’m struggling with to reformat it. Does anyone have any know how I can do this? I would appreciate the help thanks. I’ve attached my code from where I declare my variables to where I write out the new text file, just so everyone understands what I’m trying to do. Thanks.

Protected Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Label1.Visible = True
Dim slnin As String = ""
Dim slnout As String = ""
Dim outputfile As String = ""
Dim semi As String = ""
Dim national_id As String = ""
Dim last_name As String = ""
Dim first_name As String = ""
Dim mid_initial As String = ""
Dim suffix As String = ""
Dim dept_ID As String = ""
'Dim payroll As String = ""
Dim address1 As String = ""
Dim address2 As String = ""
Dim city As String = ""
Dim state As String = ""

Dim postal As String = ""
Dim phone As String

Dim hire_dt As New Date()
Dim mystring As String = hire_dt.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy")
Dim reg_temp As String = ""
Dim full_part_time As String = ""
'Dim hire_dt As String = ""
Dim appt_type As String = ""
Dim barg_unit As String = ""
Dim oh_bu_flag As String = ""
Dim jobcode As String = ""
Dim business_title As String = "" ' coded this variable thinking this was the job_title
Dim termination_dt As String = "" ' coded this variable thinking this was the separation_dt
Dim action As String = ""
Dim action_reason As String = ""
Dim pay_period_end As New Date()
Dim paystring As String = pay_period_end.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy")
Dim emp_id As String = ""
Dim empl_rcd As String = ""
Dim class_indc As String = "" ' code this variable thinking this was the job_indicator



'Dim mystringbuilder As New StringBuilder
semi = ";"

If FileUpload1.HasFile Then

'upload file
'Dim filein As String = FileUpload1.HasFile
'Dim objstreamreader As StreamReader
'

'declaring variables

'Dim orig_hire_dte As String = ""
'im filename As String
'Dim objstreamreader As StreamReader
Dim filename As String = ""
If filename = String.Empty Then
filename = FileUpload1.PostedFile.FileName
End If
Dim sr As StreamReader
'Dim streamreader As New StreamReader("c:\mastertestfile.txt")
sr = File.OpenText(filename)

While sr.Peek() <> -1
slnin = sr.ReadLine

'slnin = objstreamreader.ReadLine
'Do While Not strline Is Nothing

'objstreamreader = File.OpenText(filename) 'may undo
'objstreamreader = File.OpenText()'may undo


If Not slnin Is Nothing Then 'store text in slnin

national_id = slnin.Substring(1384, 20)
last_name = slnin.Substring(1650, 30)
first_name = slnin.Substring(1685, 30)
mid_initial = slnin.Substring(1720, 30)
suffix = slnin.Substring(1645, 15)
dept_ID = slnin.Substring(0, 9)
address1 = slnin.Substring(391, 54)
address2 = slnin.Substring(446, 55)
city = slnin.Substring(501, 30)
state = slnin.Substring(531, 6)
postal = slnin.Substring(537, 12)
phone = slnin.Substring(549, 24)
If IsDate(slnin.Substring(341, 10)) = False Then
hire_dt = "01/01/1900"
Else
hire_dt = slnin.Substring(341, 10)
End If
reg_temp = slnin.Substring(52, 1)
full_part_time = slnin.Substring(152, 1)
appt_type = slnin.Substring(5161, 1)
barg_unit = slnin.Substring(317, 4)
oh_bu_flag = slnin.Substring(316, 1)
jobcode = slnin.Substring(27, 6)
business_title = slnin.Substring(33, 10) ' this did not match up with the layout(job title)
termination_dt = slnin.Substring(361, 10) ' this did not match i thought this was separation date
action = slnin.Substring(68, 3)
action_reason = slnin.Substring(71, 3)
If IsDate(slnin.Substring(1800, 10)) = False Then
pay_period_end = "01/01/1900"
Else
pay_period_end = slnin.Substring(1800, 10)
End If
emp_id = slnin.Substring(10, 11)
empl_rcd = slnin.Substring(21, 3)
class_indc = slnin.Substring(5163, 1) ' this did not match up with the layout(job indicator)


'last_name = last_name.PadRight(25)
'build line to be wrote out
'Dim myStringBuilder As New StringBuilder
'myStringBuilder.Append(national_id + semi)
slnout = national_id + semi
slnout += last_name.Trim.PadRight(30, " ") + semi
slnout += mid_initial + semi
slnout += first_name.Trim.PadRight(30, " ") + semi
slnout += suffix.PadRight(15, " ") + semi
slnout += dept_ID.PadRight(10, " ") + semi
slnout += address1.PadRight(55, " ") + semi
slnout += address2.PadRight(55, " ") + semi
slnout += city.PadRight(30, " ") + semi
slnout += state.PadRight(6, " ") + semi
slnout += postal + semi
slnout += phone + semi
slnout += hire_dt.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy") + semi
slnout += reg_temp + semi
slnout += full_part_time + semi
slnout += appt_type + semi
slnout += barg_unit + semi
slnout += oh_bu_flag + semi
slnout += jobcode + semi
slnout += business_title + semi
slnout += termination_dt + semi
slnout += action + semi
slnout += action_reason + semi
slnout += pay_period_end.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy") + semi
slnout += emp_id + semi
slnout += empl_rcd + semi
slnout += class_indc + semi & vbCrLf

outputfile += slnout
'Response.Write(slnout)
'Response.End()
End If
End While
'Response.Write(slnout)
'Response.End()
sr.Close()

 

[jbenson001]

So are you saying you want to remove the "/" and the "-"?

If so ..
phone = phone.Remove(phone.IndexOf("/"), 1)
phone = phone.Remove(phone.IndexOf("-"), 1)

Jim

 

[peebman2000]

Hey jbenson001, that worked, I did it this way though
phone = Replace(phone, "/", "")
phone = Replace(phone, "-", "")
Thanks for the advise.

 

[jbenson001]

no problem
Either way will work