String Manipulation

[ksushma]

I am using Visual Basic in Access for programming the Macros. I am using the access database to acquire data from lab instruments. I am using a bar code scanner and the output is as follows 103329. Now what I need to do is change it to 103320 (meaning I need to replace the last character with number 0). The last digit cud be any number and needs to be replaced with a 0. Please help

[si_the_geek]

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Hi ksushma, welcome to VBForums!

This can be acheived by using a little string manipulation, using functions such as Left and Len. You haven't mentioned if the number is a fixed length, if it is you could use something like this:

[I]OutputText[/I] = Left([I]InputText[/I],5) & "0"

However, if the length can vary you need to find the length too, using the Len function, eg:

[I]OutputText[/I] = Left([I]InputText[/I],Len([I]InputText[/I])) & "0"

[Dnereb]

Minor correction:

OutputText = Left(InputText,Len(InputText) -1) & "0"

[si_the_geek]

Oops, well spotted!

[ksushma]

Thank you very much it worked!!I will come back with more questions.