Reversing cell values

how do I reverse the values of a cell (eg. 1234 becomes 4321)???

"ac512" <ac512@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> how do I reverse the values of a cell (eg. 1234 becomes 4321)???

Try this UDF (from John Walkenbach's site) in a plain VBA module:

Function Reverse(InString) As String
'UDF to reverse string - John W
Dim i As Integer
Dim StringLength As Integer
Reverse = ""
StringLength = Len(InString)
For i = StringLength To 1 Step -1
Reverse = Reverse & Mid(InString, i, 1)
Next i
End Function

HTH,
Andy

And if you're using xl2k or higher, you can use a builtin VBA function:

Option Explicit
Function Reverse2(InString) As String
Reverse2 = StrReverse(InString)
End Function



Andy Brown wrote:
>
> "ac512" <ac512@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2EE3D756-09D5-4232-957E-BDC10728E31E@microsoft.com...
> > how do I reverse the values of a cell (eg. 1234 becomes 4321)???
>
> Try this UDF (from John Walkenbach's site) in a plain VBA module:
>
> Function Reverse(InString) As String
> 'UDF to reverse string - John W
> Dim i As Integer
> Dim StringLength As Integer
> Reverse = ""
> StringLength = Len(InString)
> For i = StringLength To 1 Step -1
> Reverse = Reverse & Mid(InString, i, 1)
> Next i
> End Function
>
> HTH,
> Andy

--

Dave Peterson

this works perfectly, except for the fact that if a number ends in one or
more zeros, the zeros are dropped off

"Andy Brown" wrote:

> "ac512" <ac512@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2EE3D756-09D5-4232-957E-BDC10728E31E@microsoft.com...
> > how do I reverse the values of a cell (eg. 1234 becomes 4321)???
>
> Try this UDF (from John Walkenbach's site) in a plain VBA module:
>
> Function Reverse(InString) As String
> 'UDF to reverse string - John W
> Dim i As Integer
> Dim StringLength As Integer
> Reverse = ""
> StringLength = Len(InString)
> For i = StringLength To 1 Step -1
> Reverse = Reverse & Mid(InString, i, 1)
> Next i
> End Function
>
> HTH,
> Andy
>
>
>

That's odd. Both functions kept the leading zeros for me. (xl2003)

That's when I called it from a worksheet cell:
=reverse(a1)
or
=reverse2(a1)

But if I called it from a sub and populated another cell, I lost the leading
0's.

Sub testme()
Range("B1").Value = Reverse(Range("a1"))
End Sub

But you could do this:
Sub testme2()
Range("B1").Value = "'" & Reverse(Range("a1"))
End Sub

or even:

Sub testme3()
With Range("B1")
.NumberFormat = "@"
.Value = Reverse(Range("a1"))
End With
End Sub



ac512 wrote:
>
> this works perfectly, except for the fact that if a number ends in one or
> more zeros, the zeros are dropped off
>
> "Andy Brown" wrote:
>
> > "ac512" <ac512@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:2EE3D756-09D5-4232-957E-BDC10728E31E@microsoft.com...
> > > how do I reverse the values of a cell (eg. 1234 becomes 4321)???
> >
> > Try this UDF (from John Walkenbach's site) in a plain VBA module:
> >
> > Function Reverse(InString) As String
> > 'UDF to reverse string - John W
> > Dim i As Integer
> > Dim StringLength As Integer
> > Reverse = ""
> > StringLength = Len(InString)
> > For i = StringLength To 1 Step -1
> > Reverse = Reverse & Mid(InString, i, 1)
> > Next i
> > End Function
> >
> > HTH,
> > Andy
> >
> >
> >

--

Dave Peterson

Thank you both very much for your assistance!
Much appreciated

"ac512" wrote:

> how do I reverse the values of a cell (eg. 1234 becomes 4321)???