Section A.6. Conversion

A.6. Conversion

A.6.1. Data Type Conversion

Element	Description
CBool Function	Converts an expression to a Boolean data type.
CByte Function	Converts an expression to a Byte data type.
CChar Function	Converts a string expression to a Char data type.
CDate Function	Converts an expression to a Date data type.
CDbl Function	Converts an expression to a Double data type.
CDec Function	Converts an expression to a Decimal data type.
CInt Function	Converts an expression to an Integer data type.
CLng Function	Converts an expression to a Long data type.
CObj Function	Converts an expression to an Object data type.
CSByte Function	New in 2005. Converts an expression to an SByte data type.
CShort Function	Converts an expression to a Short data type.
CSng Function	Converts an expression to a Single data type.
CStr Function	Converts an expression to a String data type.
CType Function	Converts an expression to any valid data type, structure, object type, or interface.
CUInt Function	New in 2005. Converts an expression to a UInteger data type.
CULng Function	New in 2005. Converts an expression to a ULong data type.
CUShort Function	New in 2005. Converts an expression to a UShort data type.
DateValue Function	Converts the string representation of a date to a Date data type.
DirectCast Function	Converts a variable to its runtime type.
GetType Operator	Returns the type of a given object.
Option Strict Statement	Determines whether narrowing operations are allowed.
Str Function	Converts a numeric value to a string.
TimeValue Function	Converts a string representation of time to a Date data type.
TryCast Function	New in 2005. Converts a variable to a specified type, if possible.
Val Function	Converts a numeric string to a number .

A.6.2. Other Conversion

Element	Description
ErrorToString Function	Returns the descriptive error message corresponding to a particular error code
Fix Function	Returns the integer portion of a number
Hex Function	Converts a number to a string representing its hexadecimal equivalent
Int Function	Returns the integer portion of a number
Oct Function	Converts a number to a string representing its octal equivalent
QBColor Function	Converts a QBasic color code to an RGB color value
RGB Function	Returns a system color code that can be assigned to object color properties