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<p id="par_id3155100" class="paragraph" dir="auto">The <span class="literal">Str</span> function converts the contents of variables into a string. It handles numeric values, dates, strings and currency values.</p>
<p id="par_id3146958" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Positive numbers are preceded by a blank space. Negative numbers are preceded by a minus sign.</p>
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<div class="notetext"><p id="par_id331641237252390" dir="auto">For numeric values the string returned by the <span class="literal">Str</span> function is locale-independent. Hence the dot is used as the decimal separator when needed.</p></div>
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<p id="par_id601641237849695" class="paragraph" dir="auto">If a string is passed as argument, it is returned without any changes.</p>
<p id="par_id231641251937406" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Dates are converted into locale-dependent strings.</p>
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Str (Value As Variant)
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<p id="par_id3149178" class="paragraph" dir="auto"> <span class="emph">Value:</span> Any value to be converted into a string.</p>
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<div class="embedded"><p class="embedded" dir="auto">5 Invalid procedure call</p></div>
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<p id="par_id401641251970766" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Below are some numeric examples using the <span class="literal">Str</span> function.</p>
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Sub ExampleStr_1
' Note the blank space at the beginning of the returned strings
MsgBox Str(10) ' " 10"
MsgBox Str(10.5) ' " 10.5"
MsgBox Str(-12345 + 1.3) ' " -12346.3"
MsgBox Str(10000 / 3) ' " 3333.33333333333"
' Strings passed as arguments are left unchanged
MsgBox Str("A123") ' "A123"
End Sub
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<p id="par_id601641238259787" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Use the <span class="literal">LTrim</span> function to remove the blank space at the beginning of the returned string.</p>
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Sub ExampleStr_2
MsgBox Str(10.5) ' " 10.5"
MsgBox LTrim(Str(10.5)) ' "10.5"
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<p id="par_id881641252036753" class="paragraph" dir="auto">The <span class="literal">Str</span> function can also handle <span class="literal">Date</span> variables.</p>
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Sub ExampleStr_3
Dim aDate as Date, aTime as Date
aDate = DateSerial(2021, 12, 20)
aTime = TimeSerial(10, 20, 45)
Print Str(aDate) ' "12/20/2021"
Print Str(aTime) ' "10:20:45"
End sub
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