Replace first time a combination of chars occur in a string VB.NET

Question

I'm trying to replace the "00" that might come from a phone number when a user enters the number. And of course I only want the first 00 to get replaced with a + sign. In Java there is the method:

result.replaceFirst("00", "+");

Is there anything like that in .NET? Or is there any smart way to do this in vb.NET?

Surely you only want to do that replacement if the string *starts* with "00" - not just wherever the first occurrence of these digits appear in the string? — Damien_The_Unbeliever, Aug 16 '12 at 10:13
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/141045/how-do-i-replace-the-first-instance-of-a-string-in-net — Maarten, Aug 16 '12 at 10:22

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 16 '12 at 10:26

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Try this:

var clean = text.StartsWith("00") ? "+" + text.Substring(2) : text;

answered Aug 16 '12 at 10:26

Enigmativity

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 16 '12 at 12:31

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Enigmativity's is a cool 1 liner. You can also try this..

    if(result.StartsWith("00"))
       result= result.Replace(result.Substring(0, 2), "+");

answered Aug 16 '12 at 12:31

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Replace first time a combination of chars occur in a string VB.NET

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