Question

I need to convert a string, obtained from excel, in VBA to an interger. To do so I’m using CInt() which works well. However there is a chance that the string could be something other than a number, in this case I need to set the integer to 0. Currently I have:

If oXLSheet2.Cells(4, 6).Value <> "example string" Then
  currentLoad = CInt(oXLSheet2.Cells(4, 6).Value)
Else
  currentLoad = 0
End If

The problem is that I cannot predict all possible non numeric strings which could be in this cell. Is there a way I can tell it to convert if it’s an integer and set to 0 if not?

Answer 1

Use IsNumeric. It returns true if it’s a number or false otherwise.

Public Sub NumTest()
    On Error GoTo MyErrorHandler

    Dim myVar As Variant
    myVar = 11.2 'Or whatever

    Dim finalNumber As Integer
    If IsNumeric(myVar) Then
        finalNumber = CInt(myVar)
    Else
        finalNumber = 0
    End If

    Exit Sub

MyErrorHandler:
    MsgBox "NumTest" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Err = " & Err.Number & _
        vbCrLf & "Description: " & Err.Description
End Sub