Remove all but the last 3 characters from a datagrid

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Hello,
I have a DataGrid that a user will past a list of characters into and I would like to Grid to remove all but the First 3 Characters, for example, the user will past this,

EAP 29240
ERX 23925
ETX 23647
LPP 7996
LPR 16470-16472 item 34500
LQL 4386-4387
OSQ 23813-23816
PAF 6245
PRL 6584

and I want the result to be this,
EAP
ERX
ETX
LPP
LPR
LQL
OSQ
PAF
PRL

Thanks in advance

What I have tried:

I've been trying something like this but it doesnt work

Dim mystring As String = Me.TextBox1.Text
mystring.Length - 3

Posted 18-Mar-21 8:22am

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Updated 18-Mar-21 12:10pm

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[no name] 18-Mar-21 15:24pm

Use Substring(0,3).

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.string.substring?view=net-5.0#System_String_Substring_System_Int32_System_Int32_

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gacar · Answer 1 · 2021-03-18T12:10:00

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Dim mystring As String = Left(Me.TextBox1.Text, 3)

Posted 18-Mar-21 12:10pm

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Maciej Los 19-Mar-21 4:15am

5ed!
I'd avoid of using old vb functions, such as Left. As Gerry Schmitz suggested, it should be Substring.

Dim mystring As String = Me.TextBox1.Text.Substring(0, 3)

gacar 19-Mar-21 7:32am

Yes, maybe right but VB.NET already a dying language, I don't think this will change the outcome