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String Function
(1) Format$()
 Use : It returns a string in a specified format.
 You can pass date, time, number, or string data
to this function, along with instruction on how to
format the string.
 E.g. Format$(Now, “General Date”)
Format$(50,”Currency”) O/P : $50
Format$(0,”Yes/No”) O/P : No
(other than 0 value it returns Yes)
Format$(0,”True/False”) O/P : False
(other than 0 value it returns True)

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String$( )
 It returns a string made up of a specific
number of characters.
 E.g. Me.Print String$(5, "*")

It prints ( * ) symbol up to five times on the

form.
other examples
Me.Print String$(10,”#”)
Me.Print String$(15,”%”)
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InStr( )
 InStr( ) returns the location where one string
resides in another string.
 E.g. Msgbox InStr(“Have a nice day”, “day”)

It returns 13 number which is the position

number of day word.
 The first argument you typically pass to the
InStr() function is the string you wish to
search within. The next parameter is the
string you wish to search for.
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InStrRev( )
 InStrRev() returns the location where one
string resides in another string, but from the
end of the string.
 It search the given string from the back
side.
 E.g. MsgBox InStrRev ("Microsoft Visual
Basic", "a")
 It returns 19 number.

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Left$( )
 Itreturns the leftmost number of
characters specified in a string.
 E.g.

Me.Print Left$ (“Visual Basic”,6)

It returns first 6 characters ( “Visual” ) at the

left side from specified string.

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Right$( )
 Itreturns the rightmost number of
characters specified in a string.
 E.g.

Me.Print Right$ (“Visual Basic”,5)

It returns Last 5 characters ( “Basic” ) at the

Right side from specified string.

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Mid$ ( )
 It returns a substring of a specified number of
characters within a string.
 E.g.
Mid$ (String, Start Location, length)
Mid$ (“Visual Basic 6.0”,5,2)
It returns (al) character from the specified string.
 The Mid$() function’s first parameter is the string
you wish to retrieve the some characters from.
 The 2nd parameter is the character position you
wish to start with.
 The 3rd parameter is how many of the next
characters you want to retrieve.
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Len ( )
 Itreturns the number of characters in a
string.
 E.g. Len ( String )
 Msgbox Len (“TYBCA”)
 It returns 5 number because TYBCA
string contains total number of characters
are five.

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Replace ( )
 The Replace function allows you to
substitute one character (or string) in a
string with another character( or string)
 E.g. Replace (String , Find string, Replace
string)
 MsgBox Replace ("Visual Basic 5.0",
"5.0", "6.0")

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Trim$( )
 It removes both leading and trailing spaces
from a string.
 E.g.
 Msgbox Trim$(“ TYBCA “)
 It prints like (TYBCA)

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LTrim$( )
 It removes all the spaces at the left side
from the specified string.
 E.g. LTrim$ (“ SSCCS”)
 It removes all the spaces at the left side
from “ SSCCS”.

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RTrim$( )
 It removes all the spaces at the right side
from the specified string.
 E.g. RTrim$ (“SSCCS ”)
 It removes all the spaces at the right side
from “SSCCS ”.

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Str$ ( )
 It returns a string from a numeric
expression.
 E.g. Msgbox “ Value of Pie is : “ + 3.14

It display error of Type mismatch.

 Msgbox “Value of Pie is : “ + Str(3.14)
 It doesn’t give error because here now
3.14 number is converted into string and
concatenated with other string.

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UCase$( )
 It returns a string in all uppercase letters.
 E.g. Msgbox UCase$ (“tybca”)
 It display output like TYBCA

LCase$( )
 It returns a string in all lowercase letters.
 E.g. Msgbox LCase$ (“TYBCA”)
 It display output like tybca

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Space$ ( )
 It returns a specified amount of spaces in
a string.
 E.g. Dim StdName As String

StdName = Space$(30)
Msgbox Len (StdName)
It display 30 length of StdName variable.

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Date Function

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Now
 This function returns a variant that’s a date
/ Time.
 It is based on the current system date and
time.
 E.g. Dim temp As Date
 temp = Now
 Me.Print temp
 Out Put is : 9/20/2005 12:38:59 PM

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Date ( ) / Date$( )
 The Date() function returns a variant of type
date.
 Date$( ) returns a ten characters string in the
format mm- dd - yyyy.
 E.g. Me.Print Date

Out Put : 9/20/2005

It display from international settings in the control
panel.
 Me.Print Date$
Out Put : 09-20-2005
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Time( ) / Time$( )
 It
returns Current system time.
 For example

 (1) Msgbox Time()

 Out put is : 12:47:16 PM

 (2) Msgbox Time$()

 Out Put is : 12:47:42

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DatePart( )
 This function returns the specified part of a data variable.
Use it to return the day, month, year.
 Private Sub Command1_Click()
 Dim DT As Date
 DT = #9/21/2005#
 MsgBox DatePart ("d", DT)
 MsgBox DatePart ("m", DT)
 MsgBox DatePart ("yyyy", DT)
 MsgBox DatePart ("q", DT) 'Quarter of year
 MsgBox DatePart ("w", DT) 'Current Week number
 End Sub

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Different Date Format

 'For Example Current Date is : 20/09/2005
 MsgBox Format (Date, "dd") 'O/p : 20
 MsgBox Format (Date, "ddd") 'O/p : Tue
 MsgBox Format (Date, "dddd") 'O/p : Tuesday

 MsgBox Format(Date, "mm") 'O/p : 09

 MsgBox Format(Date, "mmm") 'O/p : Sep
 MsgBox Format(Date, "mmmm") 'O/p :
September
 MsgBox Format(Date, “yy") 'O/p : 05
 MsgBox Format(Date, “yyyy”) 'O/p : 2005
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Built-in Function of VB

Date Arithmetic
Function

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DateDiff ( )
 This function returns the specified interval of time of time between two
dates.
 E.g. Private Sub Command1_Click()
 Dim dt1 As Date
 Dim dt2 As Date

 dt1 = #9/1/2005#
 dt2 = #9/30/2005#
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 MsgBox "Days difference : " & DateDiff ("d", dt1, dt2) O/P : 29
 MsgBox "Total Week :" & DateDiff ("w", dt1, dt2) O/P : 4
 MsgBox "Total Months : " & DateDiff ("m", dt1, dt2) O/P : 0
 End Sub

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DateAdd( )
 DateAdd( ) returns a date after adding a specified time
interval to another date.
 For example
 Private Sub Command1_Click()
 Dim temp As Date
 temp = #9/21/2005#
 MsgBox DateAdd ("d", 2, temp) (Add date)
 MsgBox DateAdd ("ww", 2, temp) (Add week)
 MsgBox DateAdd ("m", 2, temp) (Add month)
 MsgBox DateAdd ("m", -2, temp) (Subtract month)
 End Sub

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Conversion Functions
 Val( ) returns a numeric value for string
variable.
 For example
 Msgbox val(Text1.Text)
 Msgbox Val(“123”)
 CCur()
 Itconverts any numeric or string
expression into a currency value.
 Msgbox CCur(“5.50”)
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 CDbl()
 CDbl( ) converts any numeric or string expression into
a double value.
 For example
Msgbox CDbl(“12.564545”)
 CInt( )
 It converts any numeric or string expression into
an integer value
 E.g. Msgbox CInt(12.60) O/P : 13
 Note : The CInt( ) function does round any
decimal portion.
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 CStr( )
 It converts any numeric or string
expression into a string value.
 E.g. Msgbox CStr(123)
 CDate( )
 It converts any numeric or string
expression into a date type.
 Msgbox CDate (“09/22/2005”)

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IsNumeric ( )
 It will returns True if the value passed to it
can be converted to a number.
 Dim test
 test = 5
 MsgBox IsNumeric(test)
 It returns True because 5 is a number.
 test = “BCA”
 MsgBox IsNumeric(test)
 It returns False because BCA is a String.
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IsDate( )
 Itreturns True if the value passed to it is a
valid date.
 For example
 Private Sub Command1_Click()
 Dim test As Date
 test = #9/22/2005#
 MsgBox IsDate(test) O/P is True
 End Sub

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