Strings are a sequence of characters, which can consist of either alphabets, numbers, special characters, or all of them. A variable is said to be a string if it is enclosed within double quotes " ".
variablename = "string"
str1 = "string" ' Only Alphabets str2 = "132.45" ' Only Numbers str3 = "!@#$;*" ' Only Special Characters Str4 = "Asc23@#" ' Has all the above
There are predefined VBA String functions, which help the developers to work with the strings very effectively. Following are String methods that are supported in VBA. Please click on each one of the methods to know in detail.
Sr.No. | Function Name & Description |
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1 |
InStr
Returns the first occurrence of the specified substring. Search happens from the left to the right. |
2 |
InstrRev
Returns the first occurrence of the specified substring. Search happens from the right to the left. |
3 |
Lcase
Returns the lower case of the specified string. |
4 |
Ucase
Returns the upper case of the specified string. |
5 | Left
Returns a specific number of characters from the left side of the string. |
6 | Right
Returns a specific number of characters from the right side of the string. |
7 |
Mid
Returns a specific number of characters from a string based on the specified parameters. |
8 |
Ltrim
Returns a string after removing the spaces on the left side of the specified string. |
9 |
Rtrim
Returns a string after removing the spaces on the right side of the specified string. |
10 |
Trim
Returns a string value after removing both the leading and the trailing blank spaces. |
11 |
Len
Returns the length of the given string. |
12 |
Replace
Returns a string after replacing a string with another string. |
13 |
Space
Fills a string with the specified number of spaces. |
14 |
StrComp
Returns an integer value after comparing the two specified strings. |
15 |
String
Returns a string with a specified character for specified number of times. |
16 |
StrReverse
Returns a string after reversing the sequence of the characters of the given string. |