How to get the end year of every school year vb.net

Question

For example I have the school year 2012-2013. I only want to get the "2013" same goes as school year 2016-2017 I only want "2017". Can anyone help me? i Know this is easy. But I dont have any idea on how. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Let say you have

Dim String str = "2012-2013"

Then by using String.Split() :

Dim strArr() As String
strArr = str.Split("-")

With strArr you will have:

'strArr(0) = "2012"`
'strArr(1) = "2013"

Answer 2

If your school year data is all consistent you could use the String.Substring(int, int) method. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aka44szs(v=vs.110).aspx

Ex:

    dim String schoolYear = "2012-2014"          
    schoolYear.Substring(5,4)

Should return 2014