String Manipulation
Join Strings | Left | Right | Mid | Len | Instr
In this chapter, you’ll find the most important functions to manipulate strings in Excel VBA.
Place a command button on your worksheet and add the code lines below. To execute the code lines, click the command button on the sheet.
Join Strings
We use the & operator to concatenate (join) strings.
Code:
Dim text1 As String, text2 As String
text1 = “Hi”
text2 = “Tim”
MsgBox text1 & ” ” & text2
Result:
Note: to insert a space, use ” ”
Left
To extract the leftmost characters from a string, use Left.
Code:
Dim text As String
text = “example text”
MsgBox Left(text, 4)
Result:
Right
To extract the rightmost characters from a string, use Right. We can also directly insert text in a function.
Code:
Result:
Mid
To extract a substring, starting in the middle of a string, use Mid.
Code:
Result:
Note: started at position 9 (t) with length 2. You can omit the third argument if you want to extract a substring starting in the middle of a string, until the end of the string.
Len
To get the length of a string, use Len.
Code:
Result:
Note: space (position 8) included!
Instr
To find the position of a substring in a string, use Instr.
Code:
Result:
Note: string “am” found at position 3. Visit our page about the Instr function for more information and examples.
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