CStr
From Real Software Documentation
Use to convert the passed data type to a String.
You can also pass a class instance as long as the class implements the Operator_Convert method that returns a String. For real numbers, CStr returns 7 significant digits.
See the Str function for more information.
Syntax
result=CStr(Data)
| Part | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| result | String | The string representation of the value passed. |
| data | Variant | The variable that will be represented as a string. |
Notes
When you pass a real number to CStr, the string it returns uses the decimal separator the user specified in system preferences. The Str function does not.
If you pass a Boolean, CStr will return either the string “True” or “False”. If you pass a Color, it will return the hex representation of the color as a String. If you pass a Date, it will return the value of the date in SQL Date-time format.
Examples
These examples return the string representation of two numbers and a Boolean.
Dim d as New Date
s=CStr(1) //returns "1", as a string
s=CStr(d.Day) //returns the day number as a string
s=CStr(True) //returns "True"
This example returns the approximation to Pi as a String to 7 significant digits.
See Also
CDbl, Str, Val functions; Boolean, Color, Date, String, Variant datatypes.
