Bookshelf v7.8: VB Strings: String Functions


Function or Statement	Purpose	For More Information
GetFieldValue	Returns a substring from a delimited source string	GetFieldValue Method
Hex	Returns the hexadecimal representation of a number, as a string	Hex Function
InStr	Returns the position of one string within another	InStr Function
LCase	Converts a string to lower case	LCase Function
Left	Returns the left portion of a string	Left Function
Len	Returns the length of a string or size of a variable	Len Function
Like Operator	Compares a string against a pattern	Like Operator
LTrim	Removes leading spaces from a string	LTrim Function
Mid Function	Returns a portion of a string	Mid Function
Mid Statement	Replaces a portion of a string with another string	Mid Statement
Oct	Returns the octal representation of a number, as a string	Oct Function
Right	Returns the right portion of a string	Right Function
RTrim	Removes trailing spaces from a string	RTrim Function
SetField	Replaces a substring within a delimited target string	SetFieldValue Method
Space	Returns a string of spaces	Space Function
Str	Returns the string representation of a number	Str Function
StrComp	Compares two strings	StrComp Function
String	Returns a string consisting of a repeated character	String Function
Trim	Removes leading and trailing spaces from a string	Trim Function
UCase	Converts a string to upper case	UCase Function