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Check for a specified String in a String


(VS2003)
'
'Will check a string to see if it contains a specified string.
'
'The string that will be searched.
Dim str As String = "This string has some text"
'
'The string to find.
Dim i As Integer = str.IndexOf("string")
'
'If it returns -1 it means that no matches for the specified string was found.
If Not i = -1 Then

MessageBox.Show("Yeps, that string is in here!")

Else

MessageBox.Show("No, the string is not in here!")

End If

(VS2005)
'Check if a String contains a specified string.
'
Dim str As String = "This string has some text"

If str.Contains("string") Then

MessageBox.Show("Yeps, that string is in here!")

Else

MessageBox.Show("No, the string is not in here!")

End If