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String Function

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This page is specific to the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Language Reference for Office 2010.

Returns a Variant (String) containing a repeating character string of the length specified.

Syntax

String(number, character)

The String function syntax has these named arguments:

Part

Description

number

Required; Long. Length of the returned string. If number contains Null, Null is returned.

character

Required; Variant. Character code specifying the character or string expression whose first character is used to build the return string. If character contains Null, Null is returned.

Remarks

If you specify a number for character greater than 255, String converts the number to a valid character code using the formula:

character Mod 256

Example

This example uses the String function to return repeating character strings of the length specified.

Dim MyString
MyString = String(5, "*")    ' Returns "*****".
MyString = String(5, 42)    ' Returns "*****".
MyString = String(10, "ABC")    ' Returns "AAAAAAAAAA".