vba - Check if a string contains another string

Question

I want to find if a string contains a ","(comma) in it. Do we have any other option other than reading char-by-char?

Answer 1

Use the Instr function

Dim pos As Integer

pos = InStr("find the comma, in the string", ",")

will return 15 in pos

If not found it will return 0

If you need to find the comma with an excel formula you can use the =FIND(",";A1) function.

Notice that if you want to use Instr to find the position of a string case-insensitive use the third parameter of Instr and give it the const vbTextCompare (or just 1 for die-hards).

Dim posOf_A As Integer

posOf_A = InStr(1, "find the comma, in the string", "A", vbTextCompare)

will give you a value of 14.

Note that you have to specify the start position in this case as stated in the specification I linked: The start argument is required if compare is specified.