Imports System
Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions
Public Class CountCharactersInStringWithoutSpacesAndSpecialCharacters_VB_NET
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim str As String = "8vb.net rust, java 123 c &c++."
Dim result As Integer = Regex.Replace(str, "[^A-Za-z]", "").Length
Console.WriteLine(result)
End Sub
End Class
' run:
'
' 15
'