How to take a first character from the string
Try this:
Dim s = "RAJAN"
Dim firstChar = s(0)
You can even do this:
Dim firstChar = "RAJAN"(0)
Use chars:
Dim firstChar As char;
firstChar = s.Chars(0);
http://vb.net-informations.com/string/vb.net_String_Chars.htm
Try this..
Dim S As String
S = "RAJAN"
Dim answer As Char
answer = S.Substring(0, 1)