title: format a string as phone in a linq query
body: <p>why wont this work, I am trying to format the phone as a standard</p>
  
  <pre><code>Dim Patient = From line In System.IO.File.ReadAllLines("K:\PAT02.txt")
  Select New With { _
  Key .PatientID = line.substring(0,7).trim, _
  .FirstName = line.substring(7,11).trim, _
  .MiddleName = line.substring(18,1).trim, _
  .LastName = line.substring(19,15).trim, _
  .Home = (String.Format("{0:(###)###-####}", line.substring(112,10).trim)), _        
  } 
  </code></pre>