String(33, 0) in VB 6.0 and equivalent in C#

Question

What is the meaning of `UserName = String(33, 0)` in VB 6.0 and what will be the equivalent in C#. Please help I'm getting error while converting VB 6.0 code into C#. Thanks in advance.

Accepted Answer

`String` in VB6 is a function that returns a string containing a repeating character string of the length specified.

```
String(number,character)
```

example:

```
strTest = String(5, "a")
' strTest = "aaaaa"

strTest = String(5, 97)
' strTest = "aaaaa" (97 is the ASCII code for "a")
```

In this case, `String(33,0)` will return a string containing 33 null characters.

The equivalent in C# would be

```
UserName = new String('\0', 33);
```

String(33, 0) in VB 6.0 and equivalent in C#

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