Comments on: VBA: Find Text in a String (instr) http://www.automateexcel.com/2004/08/14/excel_vba_find_text_in_a_string_instr/ Hundreds of Excel Tips & Tricks Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:03:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Nev http://www.automateexcel.com/2004/08/14/excel_vba_find_text_in_a_string_instr/comment-page-1/#comment-1461 Nev Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:17:03 +0000 #comment-1461 good test dajomu, the author clearly needs to correct his tutorial abc,a returns 1 abc,b returns 2 abc,c, returns 3 good test dajomu,
the author clearly needs to correct his tutorial

abc,a returns 1
abc,b returns 2
abc,c, returns 3

]]> By: Prinny http://www.automateexcel.com/2004/08/14/excel_vba_find_text_in_a_string_instr/comment-page-1/#comment-1456 Prinny Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:43:26 +0000 #comment-1456 inst() returns the first position in the string where the string matches. Instr(“abc”,”b”) 'Returns 2, b is the second letter. Instr(“abcbcab”, “b”) 'Returns 2 Instr(“abcbcabf”, “f”) 'Returns 8 When no value is found it returns 0 If you use multiple characters aka "String", it will tell where the first position begins. Ie. Instr("12345678901234567890", "456") 'returns 4 If you are lookin for every instance? you will need be make loops to keep checking until 0 is found. Instr("starting # position", "original text", "search text") inst() returns the first position in the string where the string matches.
Instr(“abc”,”b”) ‘Returns 2, b is the second letter.
Instr(“abcbcab”, “b”) ‘Returns 2
Instr(“abcbcabf”, “f”) ‘Returns 8

When no value is found it returns 0

If you use multiple characters aka “String”, it will tell where the first position begins.

Ie. Instr(“12345678901234567890″, “456″) ‘returns 4

If you are lookin for every instance? you will need be make loops to keep checking until 0 is found.

Instr(“starting # position”, “original text”, “search text”)

]]> By: Richard http://www.automateexcel.com/2004/08/14/excel_vba_find_text_in_a_string_instr/comment-page-1/#comment-1454 Richard Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:00:20 +0000 #comment-1454 No. MsgBox Instr("abc", "b") returns 2. No. MsgBox Instr(“abc”, “b”) returns 2.

]]> By: dajomu http://www.automateexcel.com/2004/08/14/excel_vba_find_text_in_a_string_instr/comment-page-1/#comment-1446 dajomu Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:10:02 +0000 #comment-1446 MsgBox Inst(“abc”,”a”) ‘returns 1 but will MsgBox Inst(“abc”,”b”) also return 1? MsgBox Inst(“abc”,”a”) ‘returns 1
but will
MsgBox Inst(“abc”,”b”) also return 1?

]]> By: Eric http://www.automateexcel.com/2004/08/14/excel_vba_find_text_in_a_string_instr/comment-page-1/#comment-1279 Eric Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:51:12 +0000 #comment-1279 Instr() will return an int of the position of the result and will return 0 when it does not exist, e.g. MsgBox Inst("abc","a") 'returns 1 MsgBox Inst("abc","x") 'returns 0 Therefore the if statement is still valid. Instr() will return an int of the position of the result and will return 0 when it does not exist, e.g.
MsgBox Inst(“abc”,”a”) ‘returns 1
MsgBox Inst(“abc”,”x”) ‘returns 0

Therefore the if statement is still valid.

]]> By: David http://www.automateexcel.com/2004/08/14/excel_vba_find_text_in_a_string_instr/comment-page-1/#comment-1272 David Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:31:22 +0000 #comment-1272 How come two corrections to the example were noted (years old) and no change was made to the page? In one case, the description of the function in question was plain wrong (# of time found vs. position within string), and within the other, it noted that the extended example wasn't needed since the function already did the desired test if you simply used an optional parameter. Is no one actually reading the reader responses? How come two corrections to the example were noted (years old) and no change was made to the page? In one case, the description of the function in question was plain wrong (# of time found vs. position within string), and within the other, it noted that the extended example wasn’t needed since the function already did the desired test if you simply used an optional parameter. Is no one actually reading the reader responses?

]]> By: eminent_eddie http://www.automateexcel.com/2004/08/14/excel_vba_find_text_in_a_string_instr/comment-page-1/#comment-436 eminent_eddie Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:42:30 +0000 #comment-436 Instr() returns the position of the first occurrence of one string within another. Not the amount of times the string is found. cheers. ed Instr() returns the position of the first occurrence of one string within another. Not the amount of times the string is found.

cheers.
ed

]]> By: anonymous http://www.automateexcel.com/2004/08/14/excel_vba_find_text_in_a_string_instr/comment-page-1/#comment-30 anonymous Tue, 10 Jan 2006 13:26:34 +0000 #comment-30 InStr() allows for a fourth [optional] argument. to our advantage setting this argument to vbTextCompare makes the string search case-insensitive <br /> <br /> ie, <br /> MsgBox InStr(UCase("Look in this string"), UCase("look"))<br /> should return the same as <br /> MsgBox InStr("Look in this string", "look", vbTextCompare)<br /> InStr() allows for a fourth [optional] argument. to our advantage setting this argument to vbTextCompare makes the string search case-insensitive

ie,
MsgBox InStr(UCase(“Look in this string”), UCase(“look”))
should return the same as
MsgBox InStr(“Look in this string”, “look”, vbTextCompare)

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