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If the expressions match, the <emph>CBool</emph> function returns <emph>True</emph>, otherwise <emph>False</emph> is returned.</paragraph> 56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149655" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9"> 57<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> 58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145171" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">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> 59<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 60<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 61<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156212" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="11">Example:</paragraph> 62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147288" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Sub ExampleCBool</paragraph> 63<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153768" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Dim sText As String</paragraph> 64<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155132" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">sText = InputBox("Please enter a short sentence:")</paragraph> 65<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155855" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">REM Proof if the word »and« appears in the sentence.</paragraph> 66<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146984" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">REM Instead of the command line</paragraph> 67<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148576" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">REM If Instr(Input, "and")<>0 Then...</paragraph> 68<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154014" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">REM the CBool function is applied as follows:</paragraph> 69<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155413" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">If CBool(Instr(sText, "and")) Then</paragraph> 70<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152940" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">MsgBox "The word »and« appears in the sentence you entered!"</paragraph> 71<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153954" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">EndIf</paragraph> 72<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152886" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">End Sub</paragraph> 73</body> 74</helpdocument> 75