Method: CStr for VBS

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Converts an expression into the Variant type with the String subtype.

vCStr = Object.CStr(expression)

Object

VBS
Object with this method. You do not need to specify this object.

expression

Variant
Specifies any expression.

vCStr

Variant
Receives the converted value. During conversion the CStr method considers the locale settings of your computer, for example decimal points and thousands separators.
Depending on the data type of the input data, the CStr method returns different values.

Data type of expression	Return
Boolean	String with "True" or "False".
Date	Date in the short date format of your system.
Null	Run-time error
Empty	Empty character string "".
Error	String with the word "Error" and the error number.
Numeric value	String with the numeric value

The following example converts numbers into string values and links them:

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Dim MyDoubleA, MyDoubleB
MyDoubleA = 123
MyDoubleB = 0.456
Call MsgBox(CStr(MyDoubleA) + CStr(MyDoubleB)) ' Returns 1230.456
Call MsgBox(MyDoubleA + MyDoubleB)             ' Returns 123.456

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Method: CStr for VBS

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