Paul -
Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for!
On Jan 7, 11:37 am, Paul Schreiner <schreiner_p...@att.net> wrote:
> Align-left and Align-Right is irrelevent (I think)
> because "alignment" is a paragraph property, not a string property.
>
> What you're saying is that you need the string padded
> with spaces either on the left or right...
>
> So, by example, if you were padding with underscores (_),
> then the results you're looking for are:
> ______
> X_____
> XX____
> XXX___
> XXXX__
> XXXXX_
> XXXXXX
>
> If your value is in Cell B1, then a Cell Function would be:
> =B1&REPT("_",6-LEN(B1))
> (or using " " to pad with spaces.
>
> In VBA, your solution would be:
>
> StrOut = StrOut & StrDelim _
> & Cells(R, 33).Value & _
> Application.WorksheetFunction.Rept(" ", 6 - Len(Cells(R, 33).Value))
>
> Paul
>
> ________________________________
> From: Erick C <boricua2...@gmail.com>
> To: MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS <excel-macros@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Fri, January 7, 2011 10:10:09 AM
> Subject: $$Excel-Macros$$ Need Help Getting Text To Align Left
>
> Hello everybody,
>
> I am in desperate need of some assistance, and I am hoping someone may
> be able to give me a hand. I am still a bit of a novice when it comes
> to vba code writing, so I am hoping that it may just be something that
> I am not aware of.
> I have some code that makes a string of text using a row of data in
> Excel. I need a few parts of the text to be formatted to fit 6
> spaces, regardless of how few letters or numbers are in the cell in
> Excel, since many times there are only 2 or 3 characters in the cell
> (ex. AA or A1). Sometimes the cell may even be blank.
> Right now I am using the following:
>
> StrOut = StrOut & StrDelim & Format(Cells(R, 33).Value, "@@@@@@")
>
> This gets 6 spaces if there is any text in the Excel cell, but
> everything is aligned on the right. I need to have the text to be
> left justified in order to be able to import it into another system.
> Also, if the Excel cell is blank it does not give me six blank spaces
> in the text, which is what I would need.
>
> Does anybody have any tips or suggestions that may help me out? I
> have been looking everywhere online for something that may be able to
> help with no success.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Erick
>
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