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 String Operations
 
 ■ The following keywords are used in Visual Basic to capture and manipulate
   strings:
 
   ◄ASC►               Returns ASCII value of the given character
   ◄CHR$►              Returns character with the given ASCII value
   ◄COMMAND$►          Returns argument portion of command line string
   ◄CURDIR$►           Returns current path
   ◄CVDMBF►            Converts 8-byte numeric string to IEEE-format
   ◄CVSMBF►            Converts 4-byte numeric string to IEEE-format
   ◄FORMAT$►           Converts a number to a string and formats it
   ◄HEX$►              Returns hexidecimal string representation of a number
   ◄INSTR►             Searches for a string within another string
   ◄LCASE$►            Returns string expression with all lowercase letters
   ◄LEFT$►             Returns characters from the left side of a string
   ◄LEN►               Indicates how many characters are in a string
   ◄LSET►              Left-justifies string within a fixed-length string
   ◄LTRIM$►            Returns a copy of string without leading spaces
   ◄MID$ Function►     Returns a given number of characters from a string
   ◄MID$ Statement►    Replaces part of a string with another string
   ◄MKDMBF$►           Converts IEEE-format number to 8-byte numeric string
   ◄MKSMBF$►           Converts IEEE-format number to 4-byte numeric string
   ◄OCT$►              Returns octal representation of a number
   ◄RIGHT$►            Returns characters from the right side of a string
   ◄RSET►              Right-justifies string within a fixed-length string
   ◄RTRIM$►            Returns a copy of a string without trailing spaces
   ◄SPACE$►            Returns string of blank characters
   ◄STR$►              Returns string representation of a numeric expression
   ◄STRING$►           Returns string consisting of one repeated character
   ◄UCASE$►            Returns string expression with all letters in uppercase
   ◄VAL►               Returns numeric value of a string of digits
 
 See: ◄Keywords by Task►  ◄String Operators►