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ceal21c · Joined: 04 Oct 2007 Posts: 1

Hey Guys,

I have two strings strFullName (Bobby John)and strFirstName (Bobby). I
need to search strFullName for the existance of strFirstName. When I
try to use the following code I never get a match because the two
strings are not identical; Answer = StrComp(strFirstName, strFullName).
Is there a way to perform a partial search for the existance of "Bobby"
within "Bobby John"?

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Karl E. Peterson · Joined: 04 Oct 2007 Posts: 4836

ceal21c wrote:
> I have two strings strFullName (Bobby John)and strFirstName (Bobby).
> I need to search strFullName for the existance of strFirstName. When
> I try to use the following code I never get a match because the two
> strings are not identical; Answer = StrComp(strFirstName,
> strFullName). Is there a way to perform a partial search for the
> existance of "Bobby" within "Bobby John"?

Take a look at the Instr function. One potential method:

If Instr(1, strFullName, strFirstName, vbTextCompare) Then
' yep, got a match...

Later... Karl
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