PSS ID Number: 170723
Article Last Modified on 11/24/2003
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, when used with:
- Microsoft Access for Windows 95 7.0
- Microsoft Access 97
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
- Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q170723
For a Microsoft Office XP version of this article, see 290359.
For a Microsoft Office 98 version of this article, see 186107.
SUMMARY
The Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Str() function returns the string representation of a numeric value represented as (n). Positive numbers and zeros are converted to a string with a leading space character.
This article discusses methods that can be used to remove the preceding space for values converted to strings.
MORE INFORMATION
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The following macro code example converts a numeric value to a string value. The variable "lastName" is then joined with "empcode" and stored in the variable "license":
lastName = "Peterson"
empcode = Str(1234)
license = lastName & empcode 'Result is: Peterson 1234
The following macro code example converts a numeric value to a string value, and then removes the leading space that was automatically added by Str() using the LTrim$() function. The variable "lastName" is then joined with "empcode" and stored in the variable "license":
lastName = "Peterson"
empcode = Str(1234)
empcode = LTrim$(empcode)
license = lastName & empcode 'Result is: Peterson1234
In Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, you can convert numeric values to string values with the Visual Basic for Applications CStr() function. The function will drop the leading space automatically without the need for using the Trim$() function, as in the following example:
lastName = "Peterson"
empcode = CStr(1234)
license = lastName & empcode 'Result is: Peterson1234
The Str() function is used to convert a numeric value to a string. This can be useful when using the MsgBox statement to concatenate text and a numeric variable. Note that the leading space that is generated by the Str() function makes it unnecessary to add an extra space between the two values in the MsgBox statement. For example:
sValue = Str(457)
MsgBox "Total sales equal" & sValue
' Result is: Total sales equal 457
The correct syntax for concatenating text and the contents of a numeric variable is as follows:
MsgBox "Total sales equal " & 457
' Result is: Total sales equal 457
-or-
MsgBox "Total sales equal" & Str(457)
' Result is: Total sales equal 457
-or-
MsgBox "Total sales equal " & CStr(457)
' Result is: Total sales equal 457
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