How to Convert an Integer to a String in Visual Basic

Visual Basic (VB) is Microsoft's event-driven programming language designed for the COM programming model environment. It is designed to be easy to use and was based on the programming model used for the BASIC programming language. Visual Basic allows the programmer to create User Interfaces without complex programming from using predefined software components. A common task for the Visual Basic programmer is converting from an Integer to the String data type. By permitting easy conversions to and from the String data type, the Visual Basic programmer can use data interchangeably with User Interfaces.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Open a new Visual Basic program in your software development environment.

2. Declare a variable of the Integer data type and assign a value to it by typing the following code in the Visual Basic program:
   Dim myVariable As Integer
   myVariable = 777

3. Use the CStr function to convert the Integer variable to a string by typing the following code in your program:
   Print CStr(myVariable)

4. Compile and run your Visual Basic program and it will output "777" to the screen.

References

• Tutorial on Converting an Integer to a String
• How to Convert a String to an Integer

Resources

• Tutorial on Converting Datatypees in Visual Basic