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If the expressions match, the <emph>CBool</emph> function returns <emph>True</emph>, otherwise <emph>False</emph> is returned.</paragraph> 45*06992ba7Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149655" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>Number:</emph> Any numeric expression that you want to convert. If the expression equals 0, <emph>False</emph> is returned, otherwise <emph>True</emph> is returned.</paragraph> 46*06992ba7Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145171" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">The following example uses the <emph>CBool</emph> function to evaluate the value that is returned by the <emph>Instr</emph> function. The function checks if the word "and" is found in the sentence that was entered by the user.</paragraph> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 49*06992ba7Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156212" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Example:</paragraph> 50*06992ba7Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147288" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Sub ExampleCBool</paragraph> 51*06992ba7Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153768" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Dim sText As String</paragraph> 52*06992ba7Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155132" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">sText = InputBox("Please enter a short sentence:")</paragraph> 53*06992ba7Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155855" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">REM Proof if the word »and« appears in the sentence.</paragraph> 54*06992ba7Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146984" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">REM Instead of the command line</paragraph> 55*06992ba7Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148576" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">REM If Instr(Input, "and")<>0 Then...</paragraph> 56*06992ba7Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154014" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">REM the CBool function is applied as follows:</paragraph> 57*06992ba7Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155413" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">If CBool(Instr(sText, "and")) Then</paragraph> 58*06992ba7Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152940" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">MsgBox "The word »and« appears in the sentence you entered!"</paragraph> 59*06992ba7Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153954" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">EndIf</paragraph> 60*06992ba7Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152886" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">End Sub</paragraph> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 63