Section B.6. Conversion

B.6 Conversion

B.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
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
DateValue function	Converts the string representation of a date to a date
DirectCast function	Converts a variable to its runtime type
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
Val function	Converts a numeric string to a number
ValDec function	Converts a numeric string to a Decimal data type

B.6.2 Other Conversion

Element	Description
ErrorToString method	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