Comments on: The String Function http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/12/02/the-string-function/ Daily posts of Excel tips…and other stuff Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:58:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dick Kusleika http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/12/02/the-string-function/#comment-19575 Dick Kusleika Mon, 01 May 2006 03:02:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=901#comment-19575 <p>Good point Randy.</p> Good point Randy.

]]> By: Randy Harmelink http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/12/02/the-string-function/#comment-19572 Randy Harmelink Fri, 28 Apr 2006 06:03:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=901#comment-19572 <p>Just a clarification -- the function doesn't repeat a STRING, just a single character. If you give it a multi-character string as the second parameter, it just repeats the first character of the string.</p> <p>For example:</p> <p> STRING(3, "Hello")</p> <p>...returns:</p> <p> HHH</p> Just a clarification — the function doesn’t repeat a STRING, just a single character. If you give it a multi-character string as the second parameter, it just repeats the first character of the string.

For example:

STRING(3, “Hello”)

…returns:

HHH

]]> By: Ben http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/12/02/the-string-function/#comment-2785 Ben Fri, 03 Dec 2004 17:34:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=901#comment-2785 <p>Hi,</p> <p>very interesting - but why don't you use the Space$()-Function?</p> <p>Have a nice day, Ben.</p> Hi,

very interesting – but why don’t you use the Space$()-Function?

Have a nice day, Ben.

]]> By: J.E. McGimpsey http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/12/02/the-string-function/#comment-2771 J.E. McGimpsey Fri, 03 Dec 2004 03:19:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=901#comment-2771 <p><em>re: sText = sText & Range("A1?).Value & String(30-Len(Range("A1?).Value), " ")</em></p> <p>You can eliminate a math operation and a reference resolution:</p> <p>sText = Left(sText & Range("A1?).Value & String(30, " "), 30)</p> <p>or, in XL:</p> <p> =RIGHT(REPT("0?,7)&A1,7)</p> re: sText = sText & Range(“A1?).Value & String(30-Len(Range(“A1?).Value), ” “)

You can eliminate a math operation and a reference resolution:

sText = Left(sText & Range(“A1?).Value & String(30, ” “), 30)

or, in XL:

=RIGHT(REPT(“0?,7)&A1,7)

]]> By: Matthew Cobbs http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/12/02/the-string-function/#comment-2762 Matthew Cobbs Thu, 02 Dec 2004 18:36:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=901#comment-2762 <p>REPT() is the Excel worksheet corollary to this function. I use it often to pad out item codes. For example, if the codes must be 7-characters long, I use:</p> <p>=REPT("0?,7-LEN(A1))</p> REPT() is the Excel worksheet corollary to this function. I use it often to pad out item codes. For example, if the codes must be 7-characters long, I use:

=REPT(“0?,7-LEN(A1))

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