Chapter One
Manipulating Strings
* Understanding how string values are stored and
used in VBA
* Using the built in VBA string handling functions
* Searching for and replacing text
* Gathering information about strings
* Converting strings
* Working with substrings
Almost any VBA application will need t o handle string (text) data at one
point or another. VBA itself provides a useful set of string handling functions, but
the functionality of other functions as a whole is not nearly as full featured as that
provided by other, more text centric programming languages. This chapter first
makes a quick pass through the existing functions and then provides many useful
routines to add to your string handling bag of tricks. Surely, no chapter on this
topic could cover every possible combination of useful functions, but the ones we've
provided here should give you a good start in writing your own VBA solutions.
The sample files you'll find on the CD ROM that accompanies this book ar ...
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