Strings.left() function is there any equivalent in .net?

Are you talking about VB.Net? If so, the correct method is Strings.Left (a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.visualbasic.strings.left.aspx)" rel="nofollow"http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/…/a You can also use Mid (a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kyd8789.aspx)." rel="nofollow"http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/…/a