In operator

[voroojak]

Hi
If i want to use IN operator in VB , then how can i use it?

i mean i want to something like this

If Mid(WholeLine, 22, 3) In ("JAN" ,"FEB") then

but it gives me error.

i would appreciate any help.
thanks

[hariharanmca]

Hi
If i want to use IN operator in VB , then how can i use it?

i mean i want to something like this

If Mid(WholeLine, 22, 3) In ("JAN" ,"FEB") then

but it gives me error.

i would appreciate any help.
thanks

You can use inStr() function Like

If inStr(1,Mid(WholeLine, 22, 3), ("JAN" ,"FEB") ) > 0 then

[voroojak]

thanks
i tried but still gives me error
thanks alot for quick answer

[hariharanmca]

thanks
i tried but still gives me error
thanks alot for quick answer

can you post what you had tried and what is the error you are getting?

[voroojak]

elseif inStr(1,Mid(WholeLine,22,3),("JAN,"FEB","MAR","APR "))>0 then

and it said
expected :)

thanks

[hariharanmca]

elseif inStr(1,Mid(WholeLine,22,3),("JAN,"FEB","MAR","APR "))>0 then

and it said
expected :)

thanks

I am not getting what you mean!

What expected?

[voroojak]

the error message is

Expected:)

this is my error message
do u want me to take printscreen?

[mahesh123]

Hi,

Try this code. It may suitable to you.

Switch(Mid("SampleTestingXXXXXXXXJAN", 22, 3) = "JAN", "JANUARY", _
Mid("SampleTestingXXXXXXXXJAN", 22, 3) = "FEB", "FEBRUARY")


Regards
------------
Mahesh

[hariharanmca]

elseif inStr(1,Mid(WholeLine,22,3),("JAN,"FEB","MAR","APR"))>0 then

Use like this

elseif inStr(1,("JAN FEB MAR APR"),Mid(WholeLine,22,3))>0 then

[voroojak]

i will try now
but may i ask what is usage of that 1

what i want to do that if Mid(WholeLine, 22, 3) is equal to jan, feb,... dec,
then i be able to read that fiels and then do something
but i have no idead waht is the role of that 1 and why i have to say >0

thanks alot

[hariharanmca]

i will try now
but may i ask what is usage of that 1

what i want to do that if Mid(WholeLine, 22, 3) is equal to jan, feb,... dec,
then i be able to read that fiels and then do something
but i have no idead waht is the role of that 1 and why i have to say >0

thanks alot

Just consider your

Mid(WholeLine, 22, 3) = "JAN"
'Then the inStr will look like
If InStr(1, ("JAN FEB MAR APR"), "JAN") > 0 Then
 

which means
inStr(<Start from Char 1>,<String content As String 1>, <Search String as string 2>) > 0

this > 0 meant string is available else not available
Note : this inStr will return the possition of string 2 in string 1

[voroojak]

thanks alot for your explanation. so i shouldnt put any comma between jan and feb?
if i put coma then it wont work

thankssssssssssssssss

[Killer42]

... so i shouldnt put any comma between jan and feb?
if i put coma then it wont work

Actually, in this case it probably would. The Instr() function just tells you where inside a string it finds another string. If "JAN" is in there, it probably won't care whether there are commas, spaces or anything else around it.

[hariharanmca]

No, Actully he/she mean "JAN", "FEB",.....etc

[Killer42]

No, Actully he/she mean "JAN", "FEB",.....etc

Good point. Instr() is only designed to search one string, not a bunch of them. Of course, you could easily create a function to accept an array and do a search of it like Instr() if you wanted to. It could be a useful thing to have in one's toolkit.

[voroojak]

Thanks for all helps
now secong problem is come up

as i said before the month can be different
the last 3 month is in differnt rows. but is going and just reading one line and i have same entry for my whole table.

my text file has two different king of data entry.
i have to read the date and the report type and member name.
then i dont need some lines and then i have to read the month. the last 3 month is usually there and then after i read the month name i read teh whole line.
but the main problem is that i am getting same information for everything.
the name of member or data will change but all the information that relate to the month is repeated same.

the first pasrt of my textfile is 19 line and then it is seperated with the second section with ----------------- (dash line)
then second format will started and then it will finish by some thing that is wrriteen END OF REPORT. again the first report will start.and then second type.

but i dont know how can i say that just read till line 19 and then stop when you see dash line.
because the way i did is that it is going and read line by line.
i did some thing like this that when MID(wholeline,9,3)= date then do this but it is not working properly.