How do I write a textbox statement that takes the first 50 characters and discards the rest?

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User = TextBox1.Text.Substring(0, 50)

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Index and length must refer to a location within the string.
Parameter name: length

Posted 1-Jul-14 11:00am

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[no name] 1-Jul-14 17:02pm

It would be the exact same way that you have already been told. http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/790293/How-do-I-limit-the-data-to-the-first-characters?arn=0

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 1-Jul-14 19:58pm

Unbelievable. And this is after 25 questions (and I'm sure even more questions was auto-removed for abuse). I just warned OP that it goes nowhere. We are just wasting time; no help is actually used.
—SA

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2014-07-01T13:57:00

Before finding a substring, check up if the original string (TextBox1.Text) length is already less or equal to the required length.
You could figure out this by thinking just a bit, reading original help page or simplest experiment. If you are going to ask such question on each simple problem, you will never become even the beginner. You need to begin.

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