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String Manipulation Summary 

Visual Basic language keywords and run-time library members are organized by purpose and use.

Action Language element

Compare two strings.

StrComp

Convert strings.

StrConv

Reverse a string.

InStrRev, StrReverse

Convert to lowercase or uppercase.

Format, LCase, UCase

Create a string of repeating characters.

Space, StrDup

Find the length of a string.

Len

Format a string.

Format, FormatCurrency, FormatDateTime, FormatNumber, FormatPercent

Manipulate strings.

InStr, Left, LTrim, Mid, Right, RTrim, Trim

Set string comparison rules.

Option Compare

Work with ASCII and ANSI values.

Asc, AscW, Chr, ChrW

Replace a specified substring.

Replace

Return a filter-based string array.

Filter

Return a specified number of substrings.

Split, Join

See Also

Reference

Keywords and Members by Task
Visual Basic Language Keywords
Visual Basic Run-Time Library Members
Keywords Compared in Different Languages