VBA for Beginners – Chapter 10 : Searching within strings for the presence of substrings

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VBA, or Visual Basic for Applications, is a programming language that can be used to automate tasks in Microsoft Office programs like Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. One of the most important string manipulation techniques in VBA is the ability to search within a string for the presence of a specific substring.

A substring is a part of a string. In VBA, you can use the InStr and InStrRev functions to search for the presence of a specific substring within a string.

The InStr function is used to search for the first occurrence of a substring within a string. This function takes two arguments: the string to search and the substring to search for. The function returns the position of the first occurrence of the substring within the string, or 0 if the substring is not found. For example, if you have a string “Hello World” and you want to know if the word “World” is in the string, you would use the InStr function to search for the first occurrence of “World” within “Hello World”.

The InStrRev function is similar to the InStr function, but it starts searching from the end of the string and returns the position of the last occurrence of the substring. This function also takes two arguments: the string to search and the substring to search for.

It’s also possible to use the Like operator in VBA to check if a string matches a specific pattern. For example, you can use Like operator to check if a string matches a pattern of an email address, phone number or date.

Searching for substrings within a string is a useful technique for a variety of tasks such as finding specific information within a string, validating data, and more. For example, you can use the InStr function to find the position of a specific product code within a string that contains a list of products, or you can use the Like operator to check if a string matches a pattern of an email address.

In conclusion, understanding how to search for substrings within a string in VBA is an important part of becoming proficient in this programming language. With the InStr and InStrRev function, and Like operator, you will be able to search for specific information within a string, validate data and many more. With practice and experimentation, you’ll be able to master these techniques and take your VBA skills to the next level.

 

VBA for Beginners – Chapter 10 : Searching within strings for the presence of substrings

 

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