How to filter a string then manipulate it

[XerosAqua]

Im an extreme newbie, but im really trying to make a program that , you enter
a spanish verb, or latin , in this example
and then it checks to see what vowel it has on the end, and adds the appropiate
endings
But how do you check a string
how do you conditionally alter the string according to the check

[Geert Marttin]

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> you enter a spanish verb, or latin , in this example
> and then it checks to see what vowel it has on the end,
> and adds the appropiate endings.
> But how do you check a string
> how do you conditionally alter the string according to the check

First you get your string (Me.Text1.Text) and optionally remove alle leading
and or trailing spaces(LTrim$, RTrim$, Trim$).
Then you extract the part you want to check (Left$, Right$, Mid$) and
compare it (StrComp).
If your condition is met then you alter your string, usually by
concatenating string parts (Left$() & strReplacement & Right$()) but can
also use other routines (Replace, Mid$).

HTH

Geert Marttin

[Matt Wyant]

Strings have a very useful set of built-in functions that will make this
task relatively easy. If your textbox was named txtVerb for example, I would
approach the problem like this:

(Copy and paste into project)
<<<BEGIN CODE>>>

Private Sub addEnding()

Dim verb As String 'Create new variables to hold
Dim letter As String * 1 'the text and the last letter
Dim ending As String 'as well as the ending.

verb = txtVerb.Text 'Fill the text variable.
letter = Right(verb, 1) 'Get the last letter.
ending = "-as" 'Set your ending.

If letter = "a" Or _
letter = "e" Or _
letter = "i" Or _
letter = "o" Or _
letter = "u" Then 'Check to see if the last letter
'is a vowel, if so...
verb = verb & ending 'add the ending
MsgBox "Your new verb is:" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & verb
'and present it,
Else 'if not...
MsgBox "Your verb does not end with a vowel."
'inform the user.
End If

End Sub

<<<END CODE>>>

I don't know exactly how experienced you are, so If you need explanations of
any of the functions or code above, either reply to the newsgroup or you can
email me at BOTH zanfar@calviswyant.com and MDWyant@SRPnet.com. I hope this
helps.

Matt Wyant
MDWyant@SRPnet.com


"XerosAqua" <XerosAqua@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Im an extreme newbie, but im really trying to make a program that , you
enter
> a spanish verb, or latin , in this example
> and then it checks to see what vowel it has on the end, and adds the
appropiate
> endings
> But how do you check a string
> how do you conditionally alter the string according to the check
>