Looking for character in a STRING

[Richard_Branson]

Hi

How can I search for a character (i.e. '&' or '+' or '%' or ',') in a string?


Thanks in advance

[Lightning]

Use the instr function
[copy-past from MSDN]
Returns a Variant (Long) specifying the position of the first occurrence of one string within another.

Syntax

InStr([start, ]string1, string2[, compare])

The InStr function syntax has thesearguments:

Part Description
start Optional.Numeric expression that sets the starting position for each search. If omitted, search begins at the first character position. If start containsNull, an error occurs. The start argument is required if compare is specified.
string1 Required.String expression being searched.
string2 Required. String expression sought.
compare Optional. Specifies the type ofstring comparison. If compare is Null, an error occurs. If compare is omitted, the Option Compare setting determines the type of comparison.


Settings

The compare argument settings are:

Constant Value Description
vbUseCompareOption -1 Performs a comparison using the setting of the Option Compare statement.
vbBinaryCompare 0 Performs a binary comparison.
vbTextCompare 1 Performs a textual comparison.
vbDatabaseCompare 2 Microsoft Access only. Performs a comparison based on information in your database.


Return Values

If InStr returns
string1 is zero-length 0
string1 is Null Null
string2 is zero-length start
string2 is Null Null
string2 is not found 0
string2 is found within string1 Position at which match is found
start > string2 0

[Richard_Branson]

Thanks - I'm gonna try the code now.