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+ <topic id="textsbasicshared03120103xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
+ <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Str Function</title>
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+<body>
+ <section id="str">
+ <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3143272">
+ <bookmark_value>Str function</bookmark_value>
+ </bookmark>
+ <h1 id="hd_id3143272"><variable id="Str_h1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120103.xhp" name="Str Function">Str Function</link></variable></h1>
+ <paragraph id="par_id3155100" role="paragraph">The <literal>Str</literal> function converts the contents of variables into a string. It handles numeric values, dates, strings and currency values.</paragraph>
+ <paragraph id="par_id3146958" role="paragraph">Positive numbers are preceded by a blank space. Negative numbers are preceded by a minus sign.</paragraph>
+ <note id="par_id331641237252390">For numeric values the string returned by the <literal>Str</literal> function is locale-independent. Hence the dot is used as the decimal separator when needed.</note>
+ <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id601641237849695">If a string is passed as argument, it is returned without any changes.</paragraph>
+ <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id231641251937406">Dates are converted into locale-dependent strings.</paragraph>
+ </section>
+ <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#functsyntax"/>
+ <bascode>
+ <paragraph id="par_id3149497" role="bascode">Str (Value As Variant)</paragraph>
+ </bascode>
+ <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#functvalue"/>
+ <paragraph id="par_id3146117" localize="false" role="paragraph">String</paragraph>
+ <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#functparameters"/>
+ <paragraph id="par_id3149178" role="paragraph"> <emph>Value:</emph> Any value to be converted into a string.</paragraph>
+ <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/>
+ <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/>
+ <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#functexample"/>
+ <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id401641251970766">Below are some numeric examples using the <literal>Str</literal> function.</paragraph>
+ <bascode>
+ <paragraph id="par_idm1341439760" role="bascode" localize="false">Sub ExampleStr_1</paragraph>
+ <paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id831641238784987"> ' Note the blank space at the beginning of the returned strings</paragraph>
+ <paragraph id="par_idm1341438528" role="bascode" localize="false"> MsgBox Str(10) ' " 10"</paragraph>
+ <paragraph id="par_idm1341437296" role="bascode" localize="false"> MsgBox Str(10.5) ' " 10.5"</paragraph>
+ <paragraph id="par_idm1341436064" role="bascode" localize="false"> MsgBox Str(-12345 + 1.3) ' " -12346.3"</paragraph>
+ <paragraph id="par_idm1341434832" role="bascode" localize="false"> MsgBox Str(10000 / 3) ' " 3333.33333333333"</paragraph>
+ <paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id991641238830710"> ' Strings passed as arguments are left unchanged</paragraph>
+ <paragraph id="par_idm1341433584" role="bascode" localize="false"> MsgBox Str("A123") ' "A123"</paragraph>
+ <paragraph id="par_idm1341432272" role="bascode" localize="false">End Sub</paragraph>
+ </bascode>
+ <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id601641238259787">Use the <literal>LTrim</literal> function to remove the blank space at the beginning of the returned string.</paragraph>
+ <bascode>
+ <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id521641238327633">Sub ExampleStr_2</paragraph>
+ <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id211641238327951"> MsgBox Str(10.5) ' " 10.5"</paragraph>
+ <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id481641238328191"> MsgBox LTrim(Str(10.5)) ' "10.5"</paragraph>
+ <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id51641238328726">End Sub</paragraph>
+ </bascode>
+ <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id881641252036753">The <literal>Str</literal> function can also handle <literal>Date</literal> variables.</paragraph>
+ <bascode>
+ <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id781641252076979">Sub ExampleStr_3</paragraph>
+ <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id271641252077387"> Dim aDate as Date, aTime as Date</paragraph>
+ <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id816412520776129"> aDate = DateSerial(2021, 12, 20)</paragraph>
+ <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id631641252077803"> aTime = TimeSerial(10, 20, 45)</paragraph>
+ <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id311641252078019"> Print Str(aDate) ' "12/20/2021"</paragraph>
+ <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id481641252230128"> Print Str(aTime) ' "10:20:45"</paragraph>
+ <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="bas_id481641252078235">End sub</paragraph>
+ </bascode>
+
+ <section id="relatedtopics">
+ <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/03120104.xhp#Val_h1"/>
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+</body>
+</helpdocument>