Extract Characters from the Left of a String in VBA
This tutorial shows you how to extract characters from the left of a string or text using VBA and macros. This is a text extraction and manipulation feature within VBA and it allows you to quickly and easily take apart a string. This tutorial covers examples that show you exactly how to extract text from the left of a string and how this feature can be used in more complicated applications.
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This tutorial shows you how to calculate the length of a string within VBA and macros. The feature illustrated in this tutorial is covered with many examples and a thorough explanation of how to use it. This feature is one of the basic building blocks for more complex text manipulation and extraction applications within VBA and macros.
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This tutorial shows you how to reverse a string in VBA and macros. This feature will allow you to quickly and easily completely reverse the characters in a string. You can make text read backwards or forwards using this method. This will save you a lot of time when you need to format any amount of text in reverse or backwards.
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This tutorial shows you how to change text to upper case text using VBA and macros. This is especially helpful if you need to quickly format a large amount of text in upper case letters and also when you need to compare text strings and you don’t want any potential difference in text case to affect this comparison.
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This tutorial shows you how to change text to lower case text using VBA and macros. This is especially helpful if you need to quickly format a large amount of text in lower case letters and also when you need to compare text strings and you don’t want any potential difference in text case to affect this comparison.
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This tutorial shows you how to quickly repeat a single character within VBA and macros. This feature allows you to very quickly create a string of a desired length without much programming code and can therefore save you a lot of time within VBA.
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This tutorial shows you how to remove any extra or blank spaces from the left and right of a text string within VBA and macros. This feature allows you to quickly clean or scrub data to ensure that there are no extra spaces to the left or right of it that might cause problems later within the code or application. This is a great feature to use when you have code that collects or uses text or strings that come from an external source or from user input, such as through a message box, userform, or imported csv file.
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This tutorial shows you how to remove any extra or blank spaces from the left of a text string within VBA and macros. This feature allows you to quickly clean or scrub data to ensure that there are no extra spaces to the left of it that might cause problems later within the code or application. This is a great feature to use when you have code that collects or uses text or strings that come from an external source or from user input, such as through a message box, userform, or imported csv file. Note that this tutorial focuses on removing extra spaces from the left of a string whereas our other tutorials will show you how to remove the spaces from the left and right of a string in VBA.
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training remove blank spaces left string vba macros excel access text function empty |
This tutorial shows you how to remove any extra or blank spaces from the right of a text string within VBA and macros. This feature allows you to quickly clean or scrub data to ensure that there are no extra spaces to the right of it that might cause problems later within the code or application. This is a great feature to use when you have code that collects or uses text or strings that come from an external source or from user input, such as through a message box, userform, or imported csv file. Note that this tutorial focuses on removing extra spaces from the right of a string whereas our other tutorials will show you how to remove the spaces from the left and right of a string in VBA.
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