VBA Express : Multiple Apps - Functions for the Sum, Minimum, and Maximum of ANSI Characters Values in a String

Multiple Apps

Functions for the Sum, Minimum, and Maximum of ANSI Characters Values in a String

Ease of Use

Easy

Version tested with

2000, 2002

Submitted by:

matthewspatrick

Description:

These function evaluate the ANSI values of each character in a string, and return the sum (AscSum), minimum (AscMin), or maximum (AscMax) of these values. A zero-length string returns -1 (to avoid confusion with ANSI character 0)

Discussion:

I once had to help someone with a game where the puzzles involved turning numbers into letters, and evaluating words and sentences for the values of their characters. These functions came in handy. In another instance, a client wanted passwords for various users of a certain application to be determined by summing the ANSI values of the letters in their geographic codes, plus a random number. The functions will work in any VB-supported application.

Code:

instructions for use

			Option Explicit 
 
Public Function AscSum(CheckString As String) As Integer 
     
     ' Calculates the sum of the ANSI codes for each character in a text string
     ' (-1 for zero-length strings)"
     
    Dim Counter As Integer 
     
    If CheckString = "" Then 
        AscSum = -1 
        Exit Function 
    End If 
     
    AscSum=0 
     
    For Counter = 1 To Len(CheckString) 
        AscSum = AscSum + Asc(Mid(CheckString, Counter, 1)) 
    Next 
     
End Function 
 
Public Function AscMin(CheckString As String) As Integer 
     
     ' Evaluates each character in a text string and returns the lowest
     ' ANSI character code found.  Empty strings evaluate to -1 (because
     ' there is an ANSI character 0)
     
    Dim Counter As Integer 
     
    If CheckString = "" Then 
        AscMin = -1 
        Exit Function 
    End If 
     
    For Counter = 1 To Len(CheckString) 
        If Counter = 1 Then 
            AscMin = Asc(Left(CheckString, 1)) 
        ElseIf Asc(Mid(CheckString, Counter, 1)) < AscMin Then 
            AscMin = Asc(Mid(CheckString, Counter, 1)) 
        End If 
    Next 
     
End Function 
 
Public Function AscMax(CheckString As String) As Integer 
     
     ' Evaluates each character in a text string and returns the highest
     ' ANSI character code found.  Empty strings evaluate to -1 (because
     ' there is an ANSI character 0)
     
    Dim Counter As Integer 
     
    If CheckString = "" Then 
        AscMax = -1 
        Exit Function 
    End If 
     
    For Counter = 1 To Len(CheckString) 
        If Counter = 1 Then 
            AscMax = Asc(Left(CheckString, 1)) 
        ElseIf Asc(Mid(CheckString, Counter, 1)) > AscMax Then 
            AscMax = Asc(Mid(CheckString, Counter, 1)) 
        End If 
    Next 
     
End Function

How to use:

Paste the code above into your project
Use the functions AscSum(), AscMin(), and AscMax() in your code, or in your application's UI as appropriate (e.g., in Excel worksheet formulas--please see attached file for examples, or in Access queries)

Test the code:

Test various strings in the functions.
Please see the attached sample file for a few examples of how to use this function.

Sample File:

AscSumMinMaxExamples.zip 9.22KB

Approved by mdmackillop

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