String Manipulation Summary (Visual Basic)

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

• Keywords
• Visual Basic Runtime Library Members