by Richard_W (2 Submissions)
Category: String Manipulation
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Beginner
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(4 Votes)
Filter a string and return numbers or characters
Code Returns
only numbers or only characters and optional the filtered numbers and characters in textbox
VBcodersPublic Function NumberOrNoNumber(StrToCheck As String, Numbers As Boolean, Optional NumericTextTarget As TextBox, Optional TextualTextTarget As TextBox)
'example:
' txtFilter = NumberOrNoNumber(txtStringIncludingNumbers, False, txtNumber, txtNoNumber)
' txtFilter = NumberOrNoNumber(txtStringIncludingNumbers, True)
Dim Nstr As String 'targetstring for al numbers
Dim Tstr As String 'targetstring for everything exept numbers
Dim i As Integer
For i = 1 To Len(StrToCheck)
If IsNumeric(Mid(StrToCheck, i, 1)) Then Nstr = Nstr & Mid(StrToCheck, i, 1) Else Tstr = Tstr & Mid(StrToCheck, i, 1)
Next
If Numbers Then NumberOrNoNumber = Nstr Else NumberOrNoNumber = Tstr
On Error Resume Next
NumericTextTarget = Nstr 'optional target for the numbers filtered out
TextualTextTarget = Tstr 'optional target for the text filtered out
End Function
