vb.net - How could I get the first and last letters from a string? -

how can program take first , last letters entered string?

example: "i've been told noob!"

output: "iebntdiaman!"

i tried use split no luck.

try this. since have couple of single character words used conditional in order desired output. using string.split method removes empty entries in order prevent 0 length item, taking result , using string.substring method parse out starting , ending chars.

sub main()     dim splitchar string() = {" "}     dim example string = " i've been told noob!"     dim output string = ""     dim result string() = example.split(splitchar, stringsplitoptions.removeemptyentries)     each item in result         if item.length > 1             output += item.substring(0, 1) & item.substring(item.length - 1, 1)         else             output += item.substring(0, 1)         end if     next     console.writeline(output)     console.readline()  end sub