How do you 'parse' in vb.net 2005?

[DeltaWolf7]

I have a string thats looks something like this

someitem,31.99

what i want to do is parse the item so that variable A holds 'someitem' and variable B holds '31.99'
How does VB.Net 2005 parse????

Dialog Script, The language I use to use did it by

parse "%a;%b",%%ITEM

Can anyone help. Thank you

PS I am new to .net so please try me make your answers easy to understand.

 

[DavidT_macktool]

String.Split

Research the String.Split method, it should help you.

Also read here:
http://www.vbdotnetforums.com/showthread.php?t=7299&highlight=delimited

 

[jmcilhinney]

Not realated to WinForms specifically. Moved from Windows Forms forum.