VB.NET Language in a Nutshell, Second Edition

Name

StrConv Function

Class

Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings

Syntax

StrConv(str, conversion[, localeID])

str (required; String)

The string expression to convert

conversion (required; Constant of the VbStrConv enumeration)

One of the constants listed in Section

localeID (optional; Integer)

The locale identifier to use for the conversion

Return Value

A String converted according to conversion

Description

Performs special conversions on a string

Rules at a Glance

• The following intrinsic conversion constants specify the type of conversion to perform:

Constant	Converts...
VbStrConv.UpperCase	The entire string to uppercase.
VbStrConv.LowerCase	The entire string to lowercase.
VbStrConv.ProperCase	The first letter of every word in str to an uppercase character.
VbStrConv.Wide	Narrow (single-byte) characters in str to wide (double-byte) characters.
VbStrConv.Narrow	Wide (double-byte) characters in str to narrow (single-byte) characters.
VbStrConv.Katakana	Hiragana characters in str to Katakana characters.
VbStrConv.Hiragana	Katakana characters in str to Hiragana characters.
VbStrConv.LinguisticCasing	Uses linguistic rules for casing. Can be used only with UpperCase and LowerCase.
VbStrConv.None	Performs no conversion on str.
VbStrConv.SimplifiedChinese	Traditional Chinese characters in str to Simplified Chinese.
VbStrConv.TraditionalChinese	Simplified Chinese characters in str to Traditional Chinese.

• You can combine some of these constants by adding them together or ...