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31<helpdocument version="1.0">
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33<topic id="textsbasicshared03101000xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
34<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">CStr Function [Runtime]</title>
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36</topic>
37<history>
38<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
39<lastedited date="2004-08-24T11:14:19">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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42<body>
43<section id="cstr">
44<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3146958"><bookmark_value>CStr function</bookmark_value>
45</bookmark>
46<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146958" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03101000.xhp" name="CStr Function [Runtime]">CStr Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
47<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147574" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Converts any numeric expression to a string expression.</paragraph>
48</section>
49<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148473" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145315" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">CStr (Expression)</paragraph>
51<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153062" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153897" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">String</paragraph>
53<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154760" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149457" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">
55<emph>Expression:</emph> Any valid string or numeric expression that you want to convert.</paragraph>
56<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150358" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="9">Expression Types and Conversion Returns</paragraph>
57<table id="tbl_id3148797">
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59<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153192" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Boolean :</paragraph>
61</tablecell>
62<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
63<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156422" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">String that evaluates to either <emph>True</emph> or <emph>False</emph>.</paragraph>
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65</tablerow>
66<tablerow>
67<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
68<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147287" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Date :</paragraph>
69</tablecell>
70<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
71<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155411" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">String that contains the date and time.</paragraph>
72</tablecell>
73</tablerow>
74<tablerow>
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76<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147428" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Null :</paragraph>
77</tablecell>
78<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
79<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150486" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Run-time error.</paragraph>
80</tablecell>
81</tablerow>
82<tablerow>
83<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
84<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153953" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Empty :</paragraph>
85</tablecell>
86<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
87<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155306" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">String without any characters.</paragraph>
88</tablecell>
89</tablerow>
90<tablerow>
91<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
92<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149260" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Any :</paragraph>
93</tablecell>
94<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
95<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152938" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">Corresponding number as string.</paragraph>
96</tablecell>
97</tablerow>
98</table>
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100<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155738" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Zeros at the end of a floating-point number are not included in the returned string.</paragraph>
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103<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154729" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="21">Example:</paragraph>
104<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153878" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">Sub ExampleCSTR</paragraph>
105<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154943" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Dim sVar As String</paragraph>
106<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156283" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">Msgbox CDbl(1234.5678)</paragraph>
107<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147396" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Msgbox CInt(1234.5678)</paragraph>
108<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155600" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">Msgbox CLng(1234.5678)</paragraph>
109<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153416" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">Msgbox CSng(1234.5678)</paragraph>
110<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156559" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">sVar = CStr(1234.5678)</paragraph>
111<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153947" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">MsgBox sVar</paragraph>
112<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150327" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">end sub</paragraph>
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