Exam 23: The String Section String Manipulation

If an application expects the user to enter a seven-digit phone number or a five-digit ZIP code, the application's code should verify that the user entered the required number of characters.

The startIndex argument is not optional in the IndexOf method's syntax.

The ____ operator allows you to use pattern-matching characters to determine whether one string is equal to another string.

When processing the Trim method, the computer first makes a permanent backup copy of the string in memory.

The syntax for the trim method is ____.

Using the Insert method to insert a value beginning with the fifth character in a string, you use a starting index of 5.

Visual Basic provides the ____ method for accessing any number of characters contained in a string.

You insert characters using the ____ method.

The first character in a string has an index of 1.

Visual Basic provides the Replace method for replacing a sequence of characters in a string with another sequence of characters.

The syntax of the insert method is ____.

The Trim method removes characters from the original string.

The syntax for the substring method is ____.

The syntax of the IndexOf method is ____.

Applications rarely need to manipulate (process) string data.

When processing the Insert method, the computer makes a temporary copy of the string in memory, and then inserts the characters in the copy only.

The syntax of the Replace method is ____.

You also can include a range of values in a character list by using a(n) ____ to separate the lowest value in the range from the highest value in the range.

The number of characters contained in a string is stored in the string's ____ property.

You can use the ____ method to remove any spaces from both the beginning and end of a string.