Работа с текстом в коде VBA Excel. Функции, оператор & и другие ключевые слова для работы с текстом. Примеры использования некоторых функций и ключевых слов.
Функции для работы с текстом
Основные функции для работы с текстом в VBA Excel:
| Функция | Описание |
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| Asc(строка) | Возвращает числовой код символа, соответствующий первому символу строки. Например: MsgBox Asc(«/Stop»). Ответ: 47, что соответствует символу «/». |
| Chr(код символа) | Возвращает строковый символ по указанному коду. Например: MsgBox Chr(47). Ответ: «/». |
| Format(Expression, [FormatExpression], [FirstDayOfWeek], [FirstWeekOfYear]) | Преобразует число, дату, время в строку (тип данных Variant (String)), отформатированную в соответствии с инструкциями, включенными в выражение формата. Подробнее… |
| InStr([начало], строка1, строка2, [сравнение]) | Возвращает порядковый номер символа, соответствующий первому вхождению одной строки (строка2) в другую (строка1) с начала строки. Подробнее… |
| InstrRev(строка1, строка2, [начало, [сравнение]]) | Возвращает порядковый номер символа, соответствующий первому вхождению одной строки (строка2) в другую (строка1) с конца строки. Подробнее… |
| Join(SourceArray,[Delimiter]) | Возвращает строку, созданную путем объединения нескольких подстрок из массива. Подробнее… |
| LCase(строка) | Преобразует буквенные символы строки в нижний регистр. |
| Left(строка, длина) | Возвращает левую часть строки с заданным количеством символов. Подробнее… |
| Len(строка) | Возвращает число символов, содержащихся в строке. |
| LTrim(строка) | Возвращает строку без начальных пробелов (слева). Подробнее… |
| Mid(строка, начало, [длина]) | Возвращает часть строки с заданным количеством символов, начиная с указанного символа (по номеру). Подробнее… |
| Replace(expression, find, replace, [start], [count], [compare]) | Возвращает строку, полученную в результате замены одной подстроки в исходном строковом выражении другой подстрокой указанное количество раз. Подробнее… |
| Right(строка, длина) | Возвращает правую часть строки с заданным количеством символов. Подробнее… |
| RTrim(строка) | Возвращает строку без конечных пробелов (справа). Подробнее… |
| Space(число) | Возвращает строку, состоящую из указанного числа пробелов. Подробнее… |
| Split(Expression,[Delimiter],[Limit],[Compare]) | Возвращает одномерный массив подстрок, извлеченных из указанной строки с разделителями. Подробнее… |
| StrComp(строка1, строка2, [сравнение]) | Возвращает числовое значение Variant (Integer), показывающее результат сравнения двух строк. Подробнее… |
| StrConv(string, conversion) | Изменяет регистр символов исходной строки в соответствии с заданным параметром «conversion». Подробнее… |
| String(число, символ) | Возвращает строку, состоящую из указанного числа символов. В выражении «символ» может быть указан кодом символа или строкой, первый символ которой будет использован в качестве параметра «символ». Подробнее… |
| StrReverse(строка) | Возвращает строку с обратным порядком следования знаков по сравнению с исходной строкой. Подробнее… |
| Trim(строка) | Возвращает строку без начальных (слева) и конечных (справа) пробелов. Подробнее… |
| UCase(строка) | Преобразует буквенные символы строки в верхний регистр. |
| Val(строка) | Возвращает символы, распознанные как цифры с начала строки и до первого нецифрового символа, в виде числового значения соответствующего типа. Подробнее… |
| WorksheetFunction.Trim(строка) | Функция рабочего листа, которая удаляет все лишние пробелы (начальные, конечные и внутренние), оставляя внутри строки одиночные пробелы. |
В таблице перечислены основные функции VBA Excel для работы с текстом. С полным списком всевозможных функций вы можете ознакомиться на сайте разработчика.
Ключевые слова для работы с текстом
| Ключевое слово | Описание |
|---|---|
| & | Оператор & объединяет два выражения (результат = выражение1 & выражение2). Если выражение не является строкой, оно преобразуется в Variant (String), и результат возвращает значение Variant (String). Если оба выражения возвращают строку, результат возвращает значение String. |
| vbCrLf | Константа vbCrLf сочетает в себе возврат каретки и перевод строки (Chr(13) + Chr(10)) и переносит последующий текст на новую строку (результат = строка1 & vbCrLf & строка2). |
| vbNewLine | Константа vbNewLine в VBA Excel аналогична константе vbCrLf, также сочетает в себе возврат каретки и перевод строки (Chr(13) + Chr(10)) и переносит текст на новую строку (результат = строка1 & vbNewLine & строка2). |
Примеры
Вывод прямых парных кавычек
Прямые парные кавычки в VBA Excel являются спецсимволами и вывести их, заключив в самих себя или в одинарные кавычки (апострофы), невозможно. Для этого подойдет функция Chr:
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Sub Primer1() ‘Вывод одной прямой парной кавычки MsgBox Chr(34) ‘Отображение текста в прямых кавычках MsgBox Chr(34) & «Волга» & Chr(34) ‘Вывод 10 прямых парных кавычек подряд MsgBox String(10, Chr(34)) End Sub |
Смотрите интересное решение по выводу прямых кавычек с помощью прямых кавычек в первом комментарии.
Отображение слов наоборот
Преобразование слова «налим» в «Милан»:
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Sub Primer2() Dim stroka stroka = «налим» stroka = StrReverse(stroka) ‘милан stroka = StrConv(stroka, 3) ‘Милан MsgBox stroka End Sub |
или одной строкой:
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Sub Primer3() MsgBox StrConv(StrReverse(«налим»), 3) End Sub |
Преобразование слова «лето» в «отель»:
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Sub Primer4() Dim stroka stroka = «лето» stroka = StrReverse(stroka) ‘отел stroka = stroka & «ь» ‘отель MsgBox stroka End Sub |
или одной строкой:
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Sub Primer5() MsgBox StrReverse(«лето») & «ь» End Sub |
Печатная машинка
Следующий код VBA Excel в замедленном режиме посимвольно печатает указанную строку на пользовательской форме, имитируя печатную машинку.
Для реализации этого примера понадобится пользовательская форма (UserForm1) с надписью (Label1) и кнопкой (CommandButton1):
Код имитации печатной машинки состоит из двух процедур, первая из которых замедляет выполнение второй, создавая паузу перед отображением очередного символа, что и создает эффект печатающей машинки:
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Sub StopSub(Pause As Single) Dim Start As Single Start = Timer Do While Timer < Start + Pause DoEvents Loop End Sub Private Sub CommandButton1_Click() Dim stroka As String, i As Byte stroka = «Печатная машинка!» Label1.Caption = «» For i = 1 To Len(stroka) Call StopSub(0.25) ‘пауза в секундах ‘следующая строка кода добавляет очередную букву Label1.Caption = Label1.Caption & Mid(stroka, i, 1) Next End Sub |
Обе процедуры размещаются в модуле формы. Нажатие кнопки CommandButton1 запустит замедленную печать символов в поле надписи, имитируя печатную машинку.
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Returns a String containing the character associated with the specified character code.
Syntax
Chr(charcode)
ChrB(charcode)
ChrW(charcode)
The required charcode argument is a Long that identifies a character.
Remarks
Numbers from 0–31 are the same as standard, nonprintable ASCII codes. For example, Chr(10) returns a linefeed character. The normal range for charcode is 0–255. However, on DBCS systems, the actual range for charcode is -32768–65535.
[!NOTE]
The ChrB function is used with byte data contained in a String. Instead of returning a character, which may be one or two bytes, ChrB always returns a single byte.The ChrW function returns a String containing the Unicode character except on platforms where Unicode is not supported, in which case, the behavior is identical to the Chr function.
[!NOTE]
Visual Basic for the Macintosh does not support Unicode strings. Therefore, ChrW(n) cannot return all Unicode characters for n values in the range of 128–65,535, as it does in the Windows environment. Instead, ChrW(n) attempts a «best guess» for Unicode values n greater than 127. Therefore, you should not use ChrW in the Macintosh environment.
The functions Asc(), AscB(), and AscW() are the opposite of Chr(), ChrB(), and ChrW(). The Asc() functions convert a string to an integer.
Example
This example uses the Chr function to return the character associated with the specified character code.
Dim MyChar MyChar = Chr(65) ' Returns A. MyChar = Chr(97) ' Returns a. MyChar = Chr(62) ' Returns >. MyChar = Chr(37) ' Returns %.
See also
- Character set (0 — 127)
- Character set (128 — 255)
- Functions (Visual Basic for Applications)
- Asc(), AscB(), and AscW() functions
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Excel Text and String Functions:
Excel CODE & CHAR Functions, VBA Asc & Chr Functions, with examples.
Related Links:
1. Using VBA Chr and Asc functions to convert excel column number to corresponding column letter, and column letter to column number.
2. ASCII Code, Extended ASCII characters (8-bit system) and ANSI Code.
3. Excel Text and String Functions: TRIM & CLEAN.
4. Excel Text and String Functions: LEFT, RIGHT, MID, LEN, FIND, SEARCH, REPLACE, SUBSTITUTE.
Excel CODE Function (Worksheet)
The CODE Function returns the identifying numeric code of the first character in a text string. A ‘character set’ maps characters to their identifying code values, and may vary across operating environments viz. Windows, Macintosh, etc. The Windows operating environment uses the ANSI character set, whereas Macintosh uses the Macintosh character set. The returned numeric code corresponds to this character set — for a Windows computer, Excel uses the standard ANSI character set to return the numeric code. Syntax: CODE(text_string). The text_string argument is the text string whose first character’s numeric code is returned.
The equivalent of excel CODE function in vba is the Asc function. Note that the Excel CODE function is the inverse of the Excel CHAR function. The formula =CODE(CHAR(65)) returns 65, because =CHAR(65) returns the character «A» and =CODE(«A») returns 65.
In a Windows computer, Code function will return values as follows:
=CODE(«A») returns 65.
=CODE(«B») returns 66.
=CODE(«a») returns 97.
=CODE(«b») returns 98.
=CODE(«0») returns 48.
=CODE(«1») returns 49.
=CODE(«-1») returns 45, which is the code for «-» (hyphen) .
=CODE(» «) , note the space between inverted commas, returns 32.
=CODE(«»), no space between inverted commas, returns the #VALUE! error value.
=CODE(«America») returns 65, which is the code for «A», the first character in the text string.
=CODE(A1) returns 66, using cell reference. If cell A1 contains the text «Bond», CODE(A1) returns 66, which is the code for «B», the first character in the text string.
=CODE(«?») returns 63.
=CODE(«™») returns 153.
Excel CHAR Function (Worksheet)
Use the CHAR Function to return the character identified to the specified number. A ‘character set’ maps characters to their identifying code values, and may vary across operating environments viz. Windows, Macintosh, etc. The Windows operating environment uses the ANSI character set, whereas Macintosh uses the Macintosh character set. The returned character corresponds to this character set — for a Windows computer, Excel uses the standard ANSI character set. Syntax: CHAR(number). The number argument is a number between 1 and 255 which identifies the returned character. The function returns the #VALUE! error value if this argument is not a number between 1 and 255.
The equivalent of excel CHAR function in vba is the Chr function. Note that the Excel CHAR function is the inverse of the Excel CODE function. The formula =CHAR(CODE(«A»)) returns A, because =CODE(«A») returns the number 65 and =CHAR(65) returns A.
In a Windows computer, Char function will return values as follows:
=CHAR(65) returns the character «A».
=CHAR(37) returns the character «%».
=CHAR(260) returns the #VALUE! error value.
=CHAR(163) returns the character «£».
=CHAR(A1) returns the character «B», using cell reference. If cell A1 contains the number 66, CHAR(A1) returns the character «B».
Examples of using the Excel CODE & CHAR Functions
Changing case (uppercase / lowercase) of alphabets in a string
Formula =CHAR(CODE(A1)+32) returns the lowercase letter «b», if cell A1 contains the uppercase letter «B». This is because in the ANSI character set, the lowercase alphabets appear after uppercase alphabets, in an alphabetic order, with a difference of exactly 32 numbers. Similarly, =CHAR(CODE(A1)-32) returns the uppercase letter «B», if cell A1 contains the lowercase letter «b».
Convert first character of the first word in a text string (consisting of letters), to lowercase, and first character of all subsequent words to uppercase. To convert the string «we like james bond» in cell A1 to «we Like James Bond» use the following formula:
=REPLACE(PROPER(A1), 1,1, CHAR(CODE( LEFT(PROPER(A1)))+32))
=PROPER(A1) returns the text string «We Like James Bond».
=CHAR(CODE(LEFT( PROPER(A1)))+32) returns the lowercase text «w».
The formula replaces the first character of the text, by first capitalizing it and then converting it to lowercase using CHAR/CODE functions.
It may however be noted, that the excel UPPER (or LOWER) function can also be used as alternate to CHAR/CODE functions. In this case the Formula =REPLACE(PROPER(A1),1,1,LOWER(LEFT(PROPER(A1)))) will also give the same result and return the string «we Like James Bond».
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Making the above formula more complex:
Convert first character of the second word in a text string (consisting of letters) to lowercase, and the first character of all other words to uppercase (wherein words are separated by a single space). To convert the string «we Like James bond» in cell A1 to «We like James Bond» use the following formula:
=REPLACE(PROPER(A1), FIND(» «, A1)+1, 1, CHAR(CODE(MID(PROPER(A1), FIND(» «, A1)+1, 1))+32))
=PROPER(A1) returns text string «We Like James Bond».
=FIND(» «, A1)+1 returns the position 4.
=MID(PROPER(A1), FIND(» «, A1)+1,1) returns L.
=CODE(MID(PROPER(A1), FIND(» «, A1)+1,1)) returns 76.
=CHAR(CODE(MID(PROPER(A1), FIND(» «, A1)+1,1))+32) returns the text «l».
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If a text string has irregular spacing (ie. having lead spaces and multiple spaces between words), insert the TRIM function which removes all spaces from text except for single spaces between words:
=REPLACE(PROPER( TRIM(A1)), FIND(» «, TRIM(A1))+1, 1, CHAR(CODE(MID( PROPER( TRIM(A1)), FIND(» «, TRIM(A1))+1, 1))+32))
Note: In addition to the CHAR, CODE, LEFT & MID functions, we have also used the excel worksheet PROPER function. Syntax: PROPER(text). This function: (i) Capitalizes any letter in a text string which follows a non-letter character, and also the first letter of the text string; (ii) Converts to Lowercase all other letters.
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For many letters and controls, it might be much easier to format or otherwise manipulate data with their ANSI codes than using your keyboard.
If the address is currently split in different cells, and you wish to consolidate in a single cell in multiple lines, use the excel CHAR function as follows (refer Image 1):
=A1 & CHAR(10) & B1 & CHAR(10) & C1 & CHAR(10) & D1
The address is currently split in cells A1 to D1 and the above formula consolidates and formats into a single cell in multiple lines.
10 is the ANSI code (number) for line feed, and it provides the line breaks to format data.
Ensure that the cell text wrapping is enabled, by clicking on «Wrap Text».
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Format a single line address into multiple lines, using the excel CHAR & SUBSTITUTE functions as follows (refer Image 2):
=SUBSTITUTE(A1,», «,CHAR(10))
The address is currently mentioned in cell A1 in a single line, and the above formula formats it (in cell A3) by removing commas and into multiple lines.
10 is the ANSI code (number) for line feed, and it provides the line breaks to format data.
Ensure that the cell text wrapping is enabled, by clicking on «Wrap Text».
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NOTE: To format an address with line breaks (appearing in multiple lines in cell A1) to a single line format (cell A3), use the formula (refer Image 3): =SUBSTITUTE(A1, CHAR(10), «, «)
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To insert special characters or symbols in a text string, use the excel CHAR function:
=»Exchange Rates Graph of Pound (» & CHAR(163) & «), Euro (» & CHAR(128) & «) and Dollar (» & (CHAR(36) & «)»)
The above formula inserts currency symbols, using the CHAR function.
Returns the text string: «Exchange Rates Graph of Pound (£), Euro(€) and Dollar ($)»
VBA Asc function
The vba Asc function returns the corresponding character code (Integer data type) for the first letter of a string. Syntax: Asc(string). It is necessary to specify the string argument — it is a string expression whose first letter’s character code is returned. You will get a run time error for a string with no characters. For non-DBCS systems the normal range for the returned number is 0 to 255, but on DBCS systems the range is -32768 to 32767.
Use the AscW function to return a Unicode character code, but if the platform does not support Unicode then AscW will give results identical to the Asc function. AscW should not be used in the Macintosh environment because Unicode strings are not supported in Visual Basic for the Macintosh.
VBA Chr function
The vba Chr function returns a character (string data type) identified to the specified character code. Syntax: Chr(charcode). It is necessary to specify the charcode argument — it is the character code (Long data type) which identifies the returned character. The normal range for charcode is 0 to 255, but on DBCS systems (character set that uses 1 or 2 bytes to represent a character, allowing more than 256 characters to be represented — used for languages such as Japanese and Chinese), the actual range for charcode is -32768 to 65535. Numbers from 0 to 31 are the standard ASCII Non-Printing Control Codes.
Use the ChrW function to return a Unicode character, but if the platform does not support Unicode ChrW will give results identical to the Chr function. ChrW should not be used in the Macintosh environment because Unicode strings are not supported in Visual Basic for the Macintosh.
MsgBox Chr(65), returns the letter «A».
MsgBox Asc(«A»), returns the number 65.
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Sub Chr_Replace()
‘using vba Chr() function to replace characters in a string
Dim str As String
‘replaces letter «A» with «B»
str = Replace(«ABC», Chr(65), Chr(66))
‘returns the text «BBC»
MsgBox str
End Sub
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Sub TextFormat1()
‘using vba chr() function to remove commas and provide line breaks.
‘Chr(10) provides line feed/new line, and it replaces all instances of comma & following space, in the text string. Refer Image 4.
ActiveSheet.Cells(3, 1) = Replace(ActiveSheet.Cells(1, 1), «, «, Chr(10))
End Sub
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Sub TextFormat2()
‘inserting symbols using vba chr() function
Dim str As String
‘evaluates to text string «Exchange Rates Graph of Pound (£), Euro (€) and Dollar ($)»
str = «Exchange Rates Graph of Pound (» & Chr(163) & «), Euro (» & Chr(128) & «) and Dollar (» & (Chr(36) & «)«)
‘displays the text string «Exchange Rates Graph of Pound (£), Euro (€) and Dollar ($)»
MsgBox str
End Sub
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Sub DeleteSpaces()
‘remove spaces from a text string, in vba, using the vba Replace function
Dim str As String
str = «Removing Spaces In Text String «
‘removes space character with ANSI code 32
str = Replace(str, Chr(32), «»)
‘returns the text «RemovingSpacesInTextString»
MsgBox str
End Sub
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Sub RemoveNumbers()
‘remove characters, say all numericals, from a text string, using the vba Replace function
Dim str As String, i As Integer
str = «RemovingNumbers 12in4 Text6 9String5″
‘chr(48) to chr(57) represent numericals 0 to 9 in ANSI/ASCII character codes
For i = 48 To 57
‘remove all numericals from the text string using vba Replace function:
str = Replace(str, Chr(i), «»)
Next i
‘returns text «Removing Numbers in Text String»
MsgBox str
End Sub
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Sub ManipulateTextString()
‘manipulate text string consisting of only letters & spaces: remove all spaces, separate each word with comma, capitalize first letter of each word & convert all other letters to lowercase
Dim str As String
str = « red Blue white GREEN yellow «
‘use the worksheet Trim function to remove all spaces from text leaving only single spaces between words — also deletes all leading & trailing spaces
str = Application.Trim(str)
‘replaces space character (ANSI code 32) with comma character (ANSI code 44)
str = Replace(str, Chr(32), Chr(44))
‘use the worksheet Proper function to: Capitalize the first letter & any other letter which follows a non-letter character; also converts to Lowercase all other letters.
str = Application.Proper(str)
‘returns the text «Red,Blue,White,Green,Yellow»
MsgBox str
End Sub
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VBA Codes:
Using VBA Chr and Asc functions to convert excel column number to corresponding column letter, and column letter to column number.
This Access Excel VBA tutorial explains how to use Chr Function to convert ASCII value to character, and convert from character to ASCII value with ASC Function
What is Access Excel VBA Chr Function?
Access Excel VBA Chr Function converts ASCII value to a character. ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) uses 8-bit code units, an old encoding system which stores mainly numbers, lowercase letters a to z, uppercase letters A to Z, basic punctuation symbols, control codes. Many old systems still use this encoding system. 8 bit means the computer memory uses “8” digits with 1 and 0 combination (binary) to represent a character, 8 bits memory is equal to 1 byte.
Chr Function is applicable to: Excel VBA, Access, Access VBA
Refer to the below table, Excel Char Function will convert the “Dec” value to “Char” value.
| Dec | Hex | Oct | Char | Description |
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| 0 | 0 | 000 | null | |
| 1 | 1 | 001 | start of heading | |
| 2 | 2 | 002 | start of text | |
| 3 | 3 | 003 | end of text | |
| 4 | 4 | 004 | end of transmission | |
| 5 | 5 | 005 | enquiry | |
| 6 | 6 | 006 | acknowledge | |
| 7 | 7 | 007 | bell | |
| 8 | 8 | 010 | backspace | |
| 9 | 9 | 011 | horizontal tab | |
| 10 | A | 012 | new line | |
| 11 | B | 013 | vertical tab | |
| 12 | C | 014 | new page | |
| 13 | D | 015 | carriage return | |
| 14 | E | 016 | shift out | |
| 15 | F | 017 | shift in | |
| 16 | 10 | 020 | data link escape | |
| 17 | 11 | 021 | device control 1 | |
| 18 | 12 | 022 | device control 2 | |
| 19 | 13 | 023 | device control 3 | |
| 20 | 14 | 024 | device control 4 | |
| 21 | 15 | 025 | negative acknowledge | |
| 22 | 16 | 026 | synchronous idle | |
| 23 | 17 | 027 | end of trans. block | |
| 24 | 18 | 030 | cancel | |
| 25 | 19 | 031 | end of medium | |
| 26 | 1A | 032 | substitute | |
| 27 | 1B | 033 | escape | |
| 28 | 1C | 034 | file separator | |
| 29 | 1D | 035 | group separator | |
| 30 | 1E | 036 | record separator | |
| 31 | 1F | 037 | unit separator | |
| 32 | 20 | 040 | space | |
| 33 | 21 | 041 | ! | |
| 34 | 22 | 042 | “ | |
| 35 | 23 | 043 | # | |
| 36 | 24 | 044 | $ | |
| 37 | 25 | 045 | % | |
| 38 | 26 | 046 | & | |
| 39 | 27 | 047 | ‘ | |
| 40 | 28 | 050 | ( | |
| 41 | 29 | 051 | ) | |
| 42 | 2A | 052 | * | |
| 43 | 2B | 053 | + | |
| 44 | 2C | 054 | , | |
| 45 | 2D | 055 | – | |
| 46 | 2E | 056 | . | |
| 47 | 2F | 057 | / | |
| 48 | 30 | 060 | 0 | |
| 49 | 31 | 061 | 1 | |
| 50 | 32 | 062 | 2 | |
| 51 | 33 | 063 | 3 | |
| 52 | 34 | 064 | 4 | |
| 53 | 35 | 065 | 5 | |
| 54 | 36 | 066 | 6 | |
| 55 | 37 | 067 | 7 | |
| 56 | 38 | 070 | 8 | |
| 57 | 39 | 071 | 9 | |
| 58 | 3A | 072 | : | |
| 59 | 3B | 073 | ; | |
| 60 | 3C | 074 | < | |
| 61 | 3D | 075 | = | |
| 62 | 3E | 076 | > | |
| 63 | 3F | 077 | ? | |
| 64 | 40 | 100 | @ | |
| 65 | 41 | 101 | A | |
| 66 | 42 | 102 | B | |
| 67 | 43 | 103 | C | |
| 68 | 44 | 104 | D | |
| 69 | 45 | 105 | E | |
| 70 | 46 | 106 | F | |
| 71 | 47 | 107 | G | |
| 72 | 48 | 110 | H | |
| 73 | 49 | 111 | I | |
| 74 | 4A | 112 | J | |
| 75 | 4B | 113 | K | |
| 76 | 4C | 114 | L | |
| 77 | 4D | 115 | M | |
| 78 | 4E | 116 | N | |
| 79 | 4F | 117 | O | |
| 80 | 50 | 120 | P | |
| 81 | 51 | 121 | Q | |
| 82 | 52 | 122 | R | |
| 83 | 53 | 123 | S | |
| 84 | 54 | 124 | T | |
| 85 | 55 | 125 | U | |
| 86 | 56 | 126 | V | |
| 87 | 57 | 127 | W | |
| 88 | 58 | 130 | X | |
| 89 | 59 | 131 | Y | |
| 90 | 5A | 132 | Z | |
| 91 | 5B | 133 | [ | |
| 92 | 5C | 134 | ||
| 93 | 5D | 135 | ] | |
| 94 | 5E | 136 | ^ | |
| 95 | 5F | 137 | _ | |
| 96 | 60 | 140 | ` | |
| 97 | 61 | 141 | a | |
| 98 | 62 | 142 | b | |
| 99 | 63 | 143 | c | |
| 100 | 64 | 144 | d | |
| 101 | 65 | 145 | e | |
| 102 | 66 | 146 | f | |
| 103 | 67 | 147 | g | |
| 104 | 68 | 150 | h | |
| 105 | 69 | 151 | i | |
| 106 | 6A | 152 | j | |
| 107 | 6B | 153 | k | |
| 108 | 6C | 154 | l | |
| 109 | 6D | 155 | m | |
| 110 | 6E | 156 | n | |
| 111 | 6F | 157 | o | |
| 112 | 70 | 160 | p | |
| 113 | 71 | 161 | q | |
| 114 | 72 | 162 | r | |
| 115 | 73 | 163 | s | |
| 116 | 74 | 164 | t | |
| 117 | 75 | 165 | u | |
| 118 | 76 | 166 | v | |
| 119 | 77 | 167 | w | |
| 120 | 78 | 170 | x | |
| 121 | 79 | 171 | y | |
| 122 | 7A | 172 | z | |
| 123 | 7B | 173 | { | |
| 124 | 7C | 174 | | | |
| 125 | 7D | 175 | } | |
| 126 | 7E | 176 | ~ | |
| 127 | 7F | 177 | DEL |
Extended Character Set
| Dec | Hex | Unicode  |
Char  |
Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128 | 80 | U+20AC | € | Euro Sign |
| 129 | 81 | Undefined | ||
| 130 | 82 | U+201A | ‚ | Single Low-9 Quotation Mark |
| 131 | 83 | U+0192 | ƒ | Latin Small Letter F With Hook |
| 132 | 84 | U+201E | „ | Double Low-9 Quotation Mark |
| 133 | 85 | U+2026 | … | Horizontal Ellipsis |
| 134 | 86 | U+2020 | † | Dagger |
| 135 | 87 | U+2021 | ‡ | Double Dagger |
| 136 | 88 | U+02C6 | ˆ | Modifier Letter Circumflex Accent |
| 137 | 89 | U+2030 | ‰ | Per Mille Sign |
| 138 | 8A | U+0160 | Š | Latin Capital Letter S With Caron |
| 139 | 8B | U+2039 | ‹ | Single Left-pointing Angle Quotation Mark |
| 140 | 8C | U+0152 | Π| Latin Capital Ligature Oe |
| 141 | 8D | Undefined | ||
| 142 | 8E | U+017D | Ž | Latin Capital Letter Z With Caron |
| 143 | 8F | Undefined | ||
| 144 | 90 | Undefined | ||
| 145 | 91 | U+2018 | ‘ | Left Single Quotation Mark |
| 146 | 92 | U+2019 | ’ | Right Single Quotation Mark |
| 147 | 93 | U+201C | “ | Left Double Quotation Mark |
| 148 | 94 | U+201D | ” | Right Double Quotation Mark |
| 149 | 95 | U+2022 | • | Bullet |
| 150 | 96 | U+2013 | – | En Dash |
| 151 | 97 | U+2014 | — | Em Dash |
| 152 | 98 | U+02DC | ˜ | Small Tilde |
| 153 | 99 | U+2122 | ™ | Trade Mark Sign |
| 154 | 9A | U+0161 | š | Latin Small Letter S With Caron |
| 155 | 9B | U+203A | › | Single Right-pointing Angle Quotation Mark |
| 156 | 9C | U+0153 | œ | Latin Small Ligature Oe |
| 157 | 9D | Undefined | ||
| 158 | 9E | U+017E | ž | Latin Small Letter Z With Caron |
| 159 | 9F | U+0178 | Ÿ | Latin Capital Letter Y With Diaeresis |
| 160 | A0 | U+00A0 | No-break Space | |
| 161 | A1 | U+00A1 | ¡ | Inverted Exclamation Mark |
| 162 | A2 | U+00A2 | ¢ | Cent Sign |
| 163 | A3 | U+00A3 | £ | Pound Sign |
| 164 | A4 | U+00A4 | ¤ | Currency Sign |
| 165 | A5 | U+00A5 | ¥ | Yen Sign |
| 166 | A6 | U+00A6 | ¦ | Broken Bar |
| 167 | A7 | U+00A7 | § | Section Sign |
| 168 | A8 | U+00A8 | ¨ | Diaeresis |
| 169 | A9 | U+00A9 | © | Copyright Sign |
| 170 | AA | U+00AA | ª | Feminine Ordinal Indicator |
| 171 | AB | U+00AB | « | Left-pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark |
| 172 | AC | U+00AC | ¬ | Not Sign |
| 173 | AD | U+00AD | | Soft Hyphen |
| 174 | AE | U+00AE | ® | Registered Sign |
| 175 | AF | U+00AF | ¯ | Macron |
| 176 | B0 | U+00B0 | ° | Degree Sign |
| 177 | B1 | U+00B1 | ± | Plus-minus Sign |
| 178 | B2 | U+00B2 | ² | Superscript Two |
| 179 | B3 | U+00B3 | ³ | Superscript Three |
| 180 | B4 | U+00B4 | ´ | Acute Accent |
| 181 | B5 | U+00B5 | µ | Micro Sign |
| 182 | B6 | U+00B6 | ¶ | Pilcrow Sign |
| 183 | B7 | U+00B7 | · | Middle Dot |
| 184 | B8 | U+00B8 | ¸ | Cedilla |
| 185 | B9 | U+00B9 | ¹ | Superscript One |
| 186 | BA | U+00BA | º | Masculine Ordinal Indicator |
| 187 | BB | U+00BB | » | Right-pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark |
| 188 | BC | U+00BC | ¼ | Vulgar Fraction One Quarter |
| 189 | BD | U+00BD | ½ | Vulgar Fraction One Half |
| 190 | BE | U+00BE | ¾ | Vulgar Fraction Three Quarters |
| 191 | BF | U+00BF | ¿ | Inverted Question Mark |
| 192 | C0 | U+00C0 | À | Latin Capital Letter A With Grave |
| 193 | C1 | U+00C1 | Á | Latin Capital Letter A With Acute |
| 194 | C2 | U+00C2 | Â | Latin Capital Letter A With Circumflex |
| 195 | C3 | U+00C3 | Ã | Latin Capital Letter A With Tilde |
| 196 | C4 | U+00C4 | Ä | Latin Capital Letter A With Diaeresis |
| 197 | C5 | U+00C5 | Å | Latin Capital Letter A With Ring Above |
| 198 | C6 | U+00C6 | Æ | Latin Capital Ligature Ae |
| 199 | C7 | U+00C7 | Ç | Latin Capital Letter C With Cedilla |
| 200 | C8 | U+00C8 | È | Latin Capital Letter E With Grave |
| 201 | C9 | U+00C9 | É | Latin Capital Letter E With Acute |
| 202 | CA | U+00CA | Ê | Latin Capital Letter E With Circumflex |
| 203 | CB | U+00CB | Ë | Latin Capital Letter E With Diaeresis |
| 204 | CC | U+00CC | Ì | Latin Capital Letter I With Grave |
| 205 | CD | U+00CD | Í | Latin Capital Letter I With Acute |
| 206 | CE | U+00CE | Î | Latin Capital Letter I With Circumflex |
| 207 | CF | U+00CF | Ï | Latin Capital Letter I With Diaeresis |
| 208 | D0 | U+00D0 | Ð | Latin Capital Letter Eth |
| 209 | D1 | U+00D1 | Ñ | Latin Capital Letter N With Tilde |
| 210 | D2 | U+00D2 | Ò | Latin Capital Letter O With Grave |
| 211 | D3 | U+00D3 | Ó | Latin Capital Letter O With Acute |
| 212 | D4 | U+00D4 | Ô | Latin Capital Letter O With Circumflex |
| 213 | D5 | U+00D5 | Õ | Latin Capital Letter O With Tilde |
| 214 | D6 | U+00D6 | Ö | Latin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis |
| 215 | D7 | U+00D7 | × | Multiplication Sign |
| 216 | D8 | U+00D8 | Ø | Latin Capital Letter O With Stroke |
| 217 | D9 | U+00D9 | Ù | Latin Capital Letter U With Grave |
| 218 | DA | U+00DA | Ú | Latin Capital Letter U With Acute |
| 219 | DB | U+00DB | Û | Latin Capital Letter U With Circumflex |
| 220 | DC | U+00DC | Ü | Latin Capital Letter U With Diaeresis |
| 221 | DD | U+00DD | Ý | Latin Capital Letter Y With Acute |
| 222 | DE | U+00DE | Þ | Latin Capital Letter Thorn |
| 223 | DF | U+00DF | ß | Latin Small Letter Sharp S |
| 224 | E0 | U+00E0 | à | Latin Small Letter A With Grave |
| 225 | E1 | U+00E1 | á | Latin Small Letter A With Acute |
| 226 | E2 | U+00E2 | â | Latin Small Letter A With Circumflex |
| 227 | E3 | U+00E3 | ã | Latin Small Letter A With Tilde |
| 228 | E4 | U+00E4 | ä | Latin Small Letter A With Diaeresis |
| 229 | E5 | U+00E5 | å | Latin Small Letter A With Ring Above |
| 230 | E6 | U+00E6 | æ | Latin Small Ligature Ae |
| 231 | E7 | U+00E7 | ç | Latin Small Letter C With Cedilla |
| 232 | E8 | U+00E8 | è | Latin Small Letter E With Grave |
| 233 | E9 | U+00E9 | é | Latin Small Letter E With Acute |
| 234 | EA | U+00EA | ê | Latin Small Letter E With Circumflex |
| 235 | EB | U+00EB | ë | Latin Small Letter E With Diaeresis |
| 236 | EC | U+00EC | ì | Latin Small Letter I With Grave |
| 237 | ED | U+00ED | í | Latin Small Letter I With Acute |
| 238 | EE | U+00EE | î | Latin Small Letter I With Circumflex |
| 239 | EF | U+00EF | ï | Latin Small Letter I With Diaeresis |
| 240 | F0 | U+00F0 | ð | Latin Small Letter Eth |
| 241 | F1 | U+00F1 | ñ | Latin Small Letter N With Tilde |
| 242 | F2 | U+00F2 | ò | Latin Small Letter O With Grave |
| 243 | F3 | U+00F3 | ó | Latin Small Letter O With Acute |
| 244 | F4 | U+00F4 | ô | Latin Small Letter O With Circumflex |
| 245 | F5 | U+00F5 | õ | Latin Small Letter O With Tilde |
| 246 | F6 | U+00F6 | ö | Latin Small Letter O With Diaeresis |
| 247 | F7 | U+00F7 | ÷ | Division Sign |
| 248 | F8 | U+00F8 | ø | Latin Small Letter O With Stroke |
| 249 | F9 | U+00F9 | ù | Latin Small Letter U With Grave |
| 250 | FA | U+00FA | ú | Latin Small Letter U With Acute |
| 251 | FB | U+00FB | û | Latin Small Letter U With Circumflex |
| 252 | FC | U+00FC | ü | Latin Small Letter U With Diaeresis |
| 253 | FD | U+00FD | ý | Latin Small Letter Y With Acute |
| 254 | FE | U+00FE | þ | Latin Small Letter Thorn |
| 255 | FF | U+00FF | ÿ | Latin Small Letter Y With Diaeresis |
Why do you need Access Excel VBAChr Function?
1. To import special characters. However, Windows may not be able to show those characters.
2. Start a new line in a Cell with Char(10) in worksheet (must need to set Wrap Text first) and MsgBox message
Syntax of Access Excel VBA Chr Function
CHR( ascii_value )
ascii_value is the ASCII value used to retrieve the character.
Note that Chr Function also exists for worksheet but the name is Char. You can convert the character back into ASCII value using Code Function in worksheet / ASC Function in VBA
Example of Access Excel VBA Chr Function
| Formula | Result | Explanation |
| Chr(65) | A | |
| Chr(90) | Z | |
| Range(“A1”).Value = “line one” & Chr(10) & “line two” | line one line two |
Start a new line with Char(10) |
| Range(“A1”).Value = Replace(“line one,line two”, “,”, Chr(10)) | line one line two |
Replace comma with new line |
To start a new line in VBA MsgBox
Public Sub test1()
sInput = MsgBox("Are you sure to delete the data?" & Chr(10) & "Data will be deleted permanently")
End Sub
Outbound References
http://www.techonthenet.com/excel/formulas/char.php
VBA CHR Function
VBA CHR function is categorized under Text/String function.
Each & every character in Excel has a specific assigned number code (ASCII code) to itself. VBA Chr function returns or results in String containing the character associated with the specified character code (also referred to as ASCII value). ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASCII_Value: It is a standard for the relationship between a number of value and a character type.
ASCII value should be in the range of or between 0 and 255 which are categorized into 3 types.
- Between 0 to 31 range is an ASCII control character OR Non-Printing Control Codes.
- 32 to 127 range is an ASCII printable characters.
- 128 to 255 range is an Extended ASCII codes.
Syntax of CHR in Excel VBA
After typing Chr, click on spacebar the below-mentioned syntax appears.
Chr( ascii_value ) or Chr(charcode)
It contains one input parameter or argument (Compulsory & required), Charcode argument is a Long which identifies a character. It will result in both printable and unprintable characters.
Mapping of Characters with their ASCII Values (Each code explained in Excel file _ CHARACTER CODE DESCRIPTION SHEET)
| 1 – 9 | 58 | : | 87 | W | 116 | t | 145 | ‘ | 174 | ® | 203 | Ë | 232 | è | |
| 10 | 59 | ; | 88 | X | 117 | u | 146 | ’ | 175 | ¯ | 204 | Ì | 233 | é | |
| 11 – 31 | 60 | < | 89 | Y | 118 | v | 147 | “ | 176 | ° | 205 | Í | 234 | ê | |
| 32 | 61 | = | 90 | Z | 119 | w | 148 | ” | 177 | ± | 206 | Î | 235 | ë | |
| 33 | ! | 62 | > | 91 | [ | 120 | x | 149 | • | 178 | ² | 207 | Ï | 236 | ì |
| 34 | “ | 63 | ? | 92 | 121 | y | 150 | – | 179 | ³ | 208 | Ð | 237 | í | |
| 35 | # | 64 | @ | 93 | ] | 122 | z | 151 | — | 180 | ´ | 209 | Ñ | 238 | î |
| 36 | $ | 65 | A | 94 | ^ | 123 | { | 152 | ˜ | 181 | µ | 210 | Ò | 239 | ï |
| 37 | % | 66 | B | 95 | _ | 124 | | | 153 | ™ | 182 | ¶ | 211 | Ó | 240 | ð |
| 38 | & | 67 | C | 96 | ` | 125 | } | 154 | š | 183 | · | 212 | Ô | 241 | ñ |
| 39 | ‘ | 68 | D | 97 | a | 126 | ~ | 155 | › | 184 | ¸ | 213 | Õ | 242 | ò |
| 40 | ( | 69 | E | 98 | b | 127 | | 156 | œ | 185 | ¹ | 214 | Ö | 243 | ó |
| 41 | ) | 70 | F | 99 | c | 128 | € | 157 | | 186 | º | 215 | × | 244 | ô |
| 42 | * | 71 | G | 100 | d | 129 | | 158 | ž | 187 | » | 216 | Ø | 245 | õ |
| 43 | + | 72 | H | 101 | e | 130 | ‚ | 159 | Ÿ | 188 | ¼ | 217 | Ù | 246 | ö |
| 44 | , | 73 | I | 102 | f | 131 | ƒ | 160 | 189 | ½ | 218 | Ú | 247 | ÷ | |
| 45 | – | 74 | J | 103 | g | 132 | „ | 161 | ¡ | 190 | ¾ | 219 | Û | 248 | ø |
| 46 | . | 75 | K | 104 | h | 133 | … | 162 | ¢ | 191 | ¿ | 220 | Ü | 249 | ù |
| 47 | / | 76 | L | 105 | i | 134 | † | 163 | £ | 192 | À | 221 | Ý | 250 | ú |
| 48 | 0 | 77 | M | 106 | j | 135 | ‡ | 164 | ¤ | 193 | Á | 222 | Þ | 251 | û |
| 49 | 1 | 78 | N | 107 | k | 136 | ˆ | 165 | ¥ | 194 | Â | 223 | ß | 252 | ü |
| 50 | 2 | 79 | O | 108 | l | 137 | ‰ | 166 | ¦ | 195 | Ã | 224 | à | 253 | ý |
| 51 | 3 | 80 | P | 109 | m | 138 | Š | 167 | § | 196 | Ä | 225 | á | 254 | þ |
| 52 | 4 | 81 | Q | 110 | n | 139 | ‹ | 168 | ¨ | 197 | Å | 226 | â | 255 | ÿ |
| 53 | 5 | 82 | R | 111 | o | 140 | Œ | 169 | © | 198 | Æ | 227 | ã | ||
| 54 | 6 | 83 | S | 112 | p | 141 | | 170 | ª | 199 | Ç | 228 | ä | ||
| 55 | 7 | 84 | T | 113 | q | 142 | Ž | 171 | « | 200 | È | 229 | å | ||
| 56 | 8 | 85 | U | 114 | r | 143 | | 172 | ¬ | 201 | É | 230 | æ | ||
| 57 | 9 | 86 | V | 115 | s | 144 | | 173 | 202 | Ê | 231 | ç |
How to Use CHR Function in Excel VBA?
Below are the different examples to use CHR Function in Excel using VBA code.
You can download this VBA CHR Excel Template here – VBA CHR Excel Template
Now let us test this CHR Function through some examples and learn how they work.
VBA CHR Function – Example #1
Step 1: Select or click on Visual Basic in the Code group on the Developer tab or you can directly click on Alt + F11 shortcut key.
Step 2: Now, you can see VB Editor window, under the project window, in VBA project, you can see work file listed (i.e. Sheet1 (VB_CHR)
To create a blank module, under the Microsoft excel objects, right-click on sheet 1(VB_CHR) click on Insert and select Module so that a new blank module gets created.
VBA CHR Function – Example #2
Step 1: Now the blank module is created, it is also called a code window, where you can start writing VBA CHR function statement codes.
Code:
Sub CHRAC() Sheet1.Range("D6") = CHR(77) End Sub
Step 2: The above-mentioned VBA code returns or results in an Upper-case alphabet M in “D6” cell, i.e. for the ASCII value 77.
VBA CHR Function – Example #3
Step 1: Start another subprocedure as follows,
Code:
Sub CHRAC1() End Sub
Step 2: Similarly, multiple character codes can be obtained in the cell with the help of below-mentioned code
Code:
Sub CHRAC1() Sheet1.Range("D9") = CHR(37) Sheet1.Range("D11") = CHR(47) Sheet1.Range("D13") = CHR(57) Sheet1.Range("D15") = CHR(128) End Sub
Step 3: Let us execute the above code. Once you run the above-mentioned code, you can notice a character code in the excel file.
- CHR(37) will return a % (Percent symbol) in a cell “D9” whereas,
- CHR(47) returns / (Slash/Divide symbol) in the cell “D11”
- CHR(57) returns a numeric value 9 in the cell “D13” &
- CHR(128) returns a Euro Sign in the cell “D11”
VBA CHR Function – Example #4
In the below-mentioned example, suppose I want to insert double quotation for the middle name i.e. MANI
Here, for this, I can use VBA CHR function.
Step 1: Once, I run the below-mentioned code with the CHR code 34, it will insert a double quotation mark in the middle name.
Code:
Sub CHRAC2() Sheet3.Range("C4") = "MANI" & CHR(34) & "RAM" & CHR(34) & "KUMAR" End Sub
Step 2: Let us execute the above code by clicking on the play button and the result in the below-mentioned output in the cell “E19”
VBA CHR Function – Example #5
In the below-mentioned example, suppose I want to add a trademark symbol for company i.e. GOOGLE
Here, for this, I can use VBA CHR function with ASCII code “153”
Step 1: Once, I run the below-mentioned code with the CHR code 153, it will show TM symbol for the word GOOGLE.
Code:
Sub CHRAC3() Sheet4.Range("C3") = "GOOGLE" & CHR(153) End Sub
Step 2: The above code, result in the below-mentioned output in the cell “K18”
Save your workbook as “Excel macro-enabled workbook”. By clicking on save as at the left corner of the worksheet. Once again if you open a file, you can click on shortcut key i.e. Fn + Alt +F8, “Macro” dialog box appears, where you can run a saved macro code of your choice or you can click on Fn + Alt + F11 for a full macro window.
Things to Remember
If you enter an invalid number to the Chr function i.e. Number in a range of lesser than 0 or more than 255, then you will get the error i.e. Run-time error.
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