VB 6 String Handling

Earlier you learned about the string data type. The VB 6 language has many functions to handle string types. In this article, we will present the list of those functions with examples.

There are two types of strings in VB 6 programming.

• Variable length strings
• Fixed length strings

To declare variable length string you can use following syntax.

'variable length string declaration
Dim myStr as String  
'fixed length string declaration
Dim myFixedStr as String * 20

You can notice that we are using asterisk (*) to specify the length of the string which is 20 characters.

String Handling Functions in VB 6

String Functions	Description
StrComp()	Compares two strings
StrConv()	Convert strings
Format(), LCase, UCase	Convert A string to lowercase or uppercase
Space(), String()	Create strings
Len()	Get the length of the string
Format	Format a string
LSet, RSet	Justify a string
InStr, Left, Mid, Right, Trim, LTrim, RTrim	Manipulate strings
Option Compare	string comparison values
Asc, Chr	Use ASC II and ANSI values