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todd2006 · #1 (**permalink**) May 8th, 2008, 12:58 PM

Hi,

I have a variable called

str=", Hello How are you"

I want to remove the comma at the start of the string

I tried Len and LTrim but it didnt work out

any idea

todd

jmurrayhead · #2 (**permalink**) May 8th, 2008, 01:08 PM

Code:

Dim str
str = ", Hello how are you"
str = Right(str, Len(str) - 2)

mehere · #3 (**permalink**) May 8th, 2008, 01:17 PM

will there always be a comma at the beginning of the string? ... if not, try this

Code:

if inStr(str, ",") = 1 then
     str = trim(mid(str,2,len(str)))
end if

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