VBA built-in constants


VBA constants - used in text formatting


View ASCII values: Code 1 demonstrates conversion of VBA constant to its ASCII equivalent. The ASC function ASC(string) returns the integer representation of the first letter in a string.



Code 1: comments and xlf_vbaConstants procedure 
' ASCII characters =====
' Decimal 9: Horizontal Tab
' Decimal 10: Line Feed
' Decimal 13: Carriage Return
' Reference: https://excelatfinance.com/online2/xlf-char-function.php

' VBA constants ========
' vbCrLf: Carriage return/linefeed character combination
' vbCr: Carriage return character
' vbLf: Linefeed character
' vbNewLine: Newline character.
' vbTab: Tab character

Sub xlf_vbaConstants()
Dim a As Integer

Const xlfDblNLa As String = vbCrLf & vbCrLf   ' Double line space ver.a
Const xlfDblNLb As String = vbNewLine & vbLf  ' Double line space ver.b

    a = Asc(Left(vbCrLf, 1))     ' returns 13
    a = Asc(Right(vbCrLf, 1))    ' returns 10

    a = Asc(vbCr)                ' returns 13
    a = Asc(vbLf)                ' returns 10

    a = Asc(vbNewLine)           ' returns 13
    a = Asc(Left(vbNewLine, 1))  ' returns 13
    a = Asc(Right(vbNewLine, 1)) ' returns 10

    a = Asc(vbTab)               ' returns 9

    a = Len(vbNewLine)           ' returns 2

    a = Len(xlfDblNLa)           ' returns 4
    a = Len(xlfDblNLb)           ' returns 3

    MsgBox "Line 1" & xlfDblNLb & "Line 2", , "xlfDblNL sample"

End Sub