IF

[Pat S]

Can anyone tell me why this does not work? When I step through it, it skips the intIDLen = 7 and goes to the intIDLen = 9 no matter what.
Thanks, Pat

If Left(cmbSite.Text, 7) < 8 Then
intIDLen = 7
ElseIf Left(cmbSite.Text, 9) > 8 Then
intIDLen = 9
End If

[MKSa]

It seems you're missing Len(Left(...))!

[Pat S]

I put the Len in, but it's still missing. I think what the problem is is that it is reading the seven digits of the 7 digit code, returning that, and then only reading the first seven of the nine digit code? But I don't know. And if that is the case, I'm not sure how to fix it.

Thanks

If Len(Left(cmbSite.Text, 9) = 9) Then
intIDLen = 9
ElseIf Len(Left(cmbSite.Text, 7) = 7) Then
intIDLen = 7
End If

[Iouri]

If you compare the lenght of the string than it will not work because you take the left 7 chars
In case you need the value the mistake is that
You compare string with number. Chhange the code to the following
If CInt(Left(cmbSite.Text, 7)) < 8 Then
intIDLen = 7
ElseIf CInt(Left(cmbSite.Text, 9)) > 8 Then
intIDLen = 9
End If

Iouri Boutchkine
iouri@hotsheet.com

[MKSa]

The code should be:

If len(Left(cmbSite.Text, 9)) = 9 then
intIDLen = 9
ElseIf len(Left(cmbSite.Text, 7)) = 7 then
intIDLen = 7
End If

[Pat S]

Ok, I understand what you are saying here, but there is one more thing that I forgot to mention. The first two digits are not numeric. They are either IT or GP, followed by either 5 or 7 numeric numbers.

[Cimperiali]

What are you exactly trying to do? Are you interested in lenght of string, in lenght of numeric part of string, in numeric value of a part of your string or what?


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[Pat S]

Numeric part of string

[Iouri]

Extract numeric part of the string using mid or right function

right(left(YourString,7),2)

Iouri Boutchkine
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[Cimperiali]

'have not read all the answers, so do not know if someone else already told you
'this:
'If it is a fixed lenght string, you can use mid$ function to extract the whole
'number. If it is not fixed lenght, you can use mid$ function to extrat one
'char at a time and see if it is numeric. It may be a little slow for long
'strings.

'Example of last:
'(one textbox, one commandbutton)
private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim charToTest as string
Dim totalNumber as string
Dim i as Integer
If len(Text1.Text) > 0 then
for i = 1 to len(Text1.Text)
charToTest = mid$(Text1.Text, i, 1)
If IsNumeric(charToTest) then
totalNumber = totalNumber & charToTest
End If
next i
MsgBox totalNumber
End If
End Sub




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