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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Str Function [Runtime]</title>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3143272" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120103.xhp" name="Str Function [Runtime]">Str Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155100" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Converts a numeric expression into a string.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3109850" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149497" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Str (Expression)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150040" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146117" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">String</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155805" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
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<emph>Expression: </emph>Any numeric expression.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146958" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">The <emph>Str</emph> function converts a numeric variable, or the result of a calculation into a string. Negative numbers are preceded by a minus sign. Positive numbers are preceded by a space (instead of the plus sign).</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155419" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150771" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Dim iVar As Single</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153897" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">sVar = LTrim(Str(iVar))</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154924" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Msgbox sVar &amp; chr(13) &amp; Str(iVar)</paragraph>
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