The Ultimate Excel VBA Course - Learn and Master VBA Fast - The Left and Right Functions

The video tutorial explains how to use the left and right functions in VBA to manipulate strings by extracting characters from the start or end. It provides a practical example using an email address and demonstrates more complex usage by reordering names. The tutorial covers initializing variables, using the inStr function to find spaces, and extracting first and last names. It concludes with a final code example that displays the reordered name in a message box.

What are the left and right functions used for in string manipulation?

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How do you use the left function to extract characters from a string?

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What happens if you do not specify the number of characters to chop using left or right?

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Explain how to format a full name to display the surname first using left and right functions.

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What is the purpose of the NSTR function in the context of string manipulation?

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How do you calculate the starting position for extracting the last name from a full name?

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Describe how to concatenate the last name and first name in a message box output.

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