Sub Main() Const TESTSTRING As String = "alphaBETA" Debug.Print "initial = " _ & TESTSTRING Debug.Print "uppercase = " _ & UCase(TESTSTRING) Debug.Print "lowercase = " _ & LCase(TESTSTRING) Debug.Print "first letter capitalized = " _ & StrConv(TESTSTRING, vbProperCase) Debug.Print "length (in characters) = " _ & CStr(Len(TESTSTRING)) Debug.Print "length (in bytes) = " _ & CStr(LenB(TESTSTRING)) Debug.Print "reversed = " _ & StrReverse(TESTSTRING) Debug.Print "first position of letter A (case-sensitive) = " _ & InStr(1, TESTSTRING, "A", vbBinaryCompare) Debug.Print "first position of letter A (case-insensitive) = " _ & InStr(1, TESTSTRING, "A", vbTextCompare) Debug.Print "concatenated with '123' = " _ & TESTSTRING & "123" End Sub