VBA StrConv

Excel VBA StrConv Function

StrConv function in VBA is categorized under string functions which is a conversion function, the use of this function is that it changes the case of the string with the input provided by the developer, the arguments of this function are the string and the input for case like 1 to change the string to lowercase.

StrConv stands for “String Conversion.” Using this VBA function, we can convert the supplied string to the specified format. One thing you need to understand here is we can use this formula as a VBA function only, not as an Excel worksheet function. In this article, we will take a tour of complete detailed examples of the “VBA StrConv” formula.

Ok, look at the syntax of the StrConv function.

String: This is nothing but the text we are trying to convert.

Conversion: What kind of conversion we need to do. We have a wide variety of options here below is the list of conversions we can perform.

• vbUpperCase or 1: This option converts the supplied Text value to Upper case character. This works similarly to the UCASE function. For example, if you supply the word “Excel,” it will convert to “EXCEL.”
• vbLowerCase or 2: This option converts the supplied Text value to Lower case character in excel. This works similarly to the LCASE function. For example, if you supply the word “Excel,” it will convert to “excel.”
• vbProperCase or 3: This option converts the supplied Text value to the Proper case character. Every first character of the word will is converted to upper case, and all the remaining letters are converted to lower case. For example, if you supply the word “excEL,” it will convert to “Excel.”
• vbUniCode or 64: This option converts the string to Unicode code.
• vbFromUnicode or 128: This converts the string Unicode to the default system code.

Even though we have several other options with the Conversion argument above, three are good enough for us.

LCID: This is the Locale Id. By default, it takes the system id. This will not use 99% of the time.

Examples of StrConv Function in VBA

Example #1

Now take a look at the example of converting the string to UPPER CASE character. I am using the word “Excel VBA” here. Below is the VBA code.

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Code:

Sub StrConv_Example1()

    Dim TextValues As String
    Dim Result As String

    TextValues = "Excel vba"

    Result = StrConv(TextValues, vbUpperCase)

    MsgBox Result

End Sub

This will convert the string “Excel VBA” to upper case.

Run this code using the F5 key or manually and see the result of the same.

Example #2

Now take a look at the same string with lower case conversion. Below is the code.

Code:

Sub StrConv_Example2()

    Dim TextValues As String
    Dim Result As String

    TextValues = "Excel vba"

    Result = StrConv(TextValues, vbLowerCase)

    MsgBox Result

End Sub

This will convert the string “Excel VBA” to a lower case.

You can run manually or through excel shortcut key F5. Below is the result of the same.

Example #3

Now take a look at the same string with proper case conversion. Below is the code.

Code:

Sub StrConv_Example3()

    Dim TextValues As String
    Dim Result As String

    TextValues = "Excel vba"

    Result = StrConv(TextValues, vbProperCase)

    MsgBox Result

End Sub

This will convert the string “Excel VBA” to a proper case. Every first letter of the string is upper case, and every letter after space is also converted to upper case, and all the remaining characters will be converted to lower case. Below is the result of the same.

Example #4

Now take a look at the example of Unicode character. Look at the below code.

Code:

Sub StrConv_Example4()

  Dim i As Long
  Dim x() As Byte
  x = StrConv("ExcelVBA", vbFromUnicode)
  For i = 0 To UBound(x)
  Debug.Print x(i)
 Next

End Sub

This will print all the Unicode characters to the immediate window.

In ASCII code, “E” Unicode is 69, “x” Unicode is 120, and so on. Like this, using VBA StrConv, we can convert the string to Unicode.

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