String Compare

[Beau71]

I am not a programmer, but I do know how to write some code. I was currently asked to change a program that we have that is no longer working and I need to do a string comparison.

I am searching Active Directory and based on the user name I would like to search specific parts of AD. For example, if a user with the User Name 21tuser runs this program I want the AD search to be in the '21' OU.

I don't know how to use string.compare. I tried:
int x = string.compare(strUserid.Substring(2),"21");
if (x=0) and so on

 

[misterstick]

i'm unfamilair with AD, but it looks like you need:

if ( strUserId.StartsWith("21") )
{
 // do stuff
}

mr s. <

 

[Beau71]

WOW, that was even easier than I imagined!!!

 

[JurkMonkey]

You could also use a regex (Regular Expression) if you are searching through a lot of results.