Use: To Convert: To : Comments CBool(expression) Any Variant argument An equivalent Boolean data type expression can be a string or numeric CByte(expression) Any Variant argument An equivalent Byte data type   CCur(expression) Any Variant argument An equivalent Currency data type   CDate(expression) Any Variant argument An equivalent Date data type    CDbl(expression) Any Variant argument An equivalent Double data type   CDec(expression) Any Variant argument A Decimal   CInt(expression) Any Variant argument Rounds the fractional part of the argument to the next highest Integer   CLng(expression) Any Variant argument An equivalent Long data type   CSng(expression) Any Variant argument An equivalent Single data type   CStr(expression) Any Variant argument Depends on the data type of theexpressionargument: For Booleans,CStr returns True or False. For Dates,it returns a date based on the short date format on your system. For Errors, it returns the word "Error" followed by the error number.Numeric expression values return a string containing the number. The string that CStr returns if expression is Empty is a zero-length string. If the expression has a Null value, a runtime error will result.   CVar(expression)   Any Variant argument An equivalent Variant data type expression can be a string or numeric Hex(expression) A Numeric argument A Hexadecimal (Base 16) number equivalent   Int(expression) A Numeric argument A number rounded down to the integer less than or equal to its argument   Str(expression) A Numeric argument A Variant that can be used as a string. Adds a leading blank before positive numbers that Cstr() does not Oct(expression) A Numeric argument An Octal(Base 8) number equivalent   Val(string) A String argument Numeric If the string does not contain numeric data, then the Val function returns a zero

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