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31*cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0">
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33*cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsbasicshared03101000xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
34*cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">CStr Function [Runtime]</title>
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38*cdf0e10cSrcweir<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
39*cdf0e10cSrcweir<lastedited date="2004-08-24T11:14:19">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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43*cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="cstr">
44*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3146958"><bookmark_value>CStr function</bookmark_value>
45*cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark>
46*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147574" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Converts any numeric expression to a string expression.</paragraph>
48*cdf0e10cSrcweir</section>
49*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148473" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
50*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145315" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">CStr (Expression)</paragraph>
51*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153062" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
52*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153897" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">String</paragraph>
53*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154760" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
54*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149457" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">
55*cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Expression:</emph> Any valid string or numeric expression that you want to convert.</paragraph>
56*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150358" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="9">Expression Types and Conversion Returns</paragraph>
57*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3148797">
58*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
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60*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153192" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Boolean :</paragraph>
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63*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow>
66*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
67*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
68*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147287" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Date :</paragraph>
69*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
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71*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155411" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">String that contains the date and time.</paragraph>
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76*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147428" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Null :</paragraph>
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79*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150486" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Run-time error.</paragraph>
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82*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
83*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
84*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153953" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Empty :</paragraph>
85*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
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87*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155306" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">String without any characters.</paragraph>
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92*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149260" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Any :</paragraph>
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95*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152938" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">Corresponding number as string.</paragraph>
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100*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154729" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="21">Example:</paragraph>
104*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153878" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">Sub ExampleCSTR</paragraph>
105*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154943" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Dim sVar As String</paragraph>
106*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156283" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">Msgbox CDbl(1234.5678)</paragraph>
107*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147396" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Msgbox CInt(1234.5678)</paragraph>
108*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155600" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">Msgbox CLng(1234.5678)</paragraph>
109*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153416" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">Msgbox CSng(1234.5678)</paragraph>
110*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156559" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">sVar = CStr(1234.5678)</paragraph>
111*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153947" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">MsgBox sVar</paragraph>
112*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150327" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">end sub</paragraph>
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