How to Count Occurrences of a Character in a String with a For Next Loop in Microsoft Access VBA

In this Microsoft Access tutorial, I will teach you how to use a FOR NEXT statement in Microsoft Access VBA to count the number of time a specific character occurs in a string. We can use this to also count how many lines are in a long text field (textbox).
Paul from Houston TX (Silver Member) asks, "I get emailed a (text) list of products every day. Next to each product is a + if that product is new. I need to know both of these counts to put in my daily report. Is there a way I can just copy and paste this text into Access and have it count the number of lines and the number of + it finds?"
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[@bumpersmith]

When you go off in a tangent, it turns out to be your best TechHelp videos. Thanks again Oops, meant to post this on your website after watching the Extended Cut video

[@599CD]

Ha ha. My tangents are legendary. :)

[@nigelfranco5755]

I never really liked VBA but you seem to be changing my mind....great teachers can do that. Well done Sir!

[@599CD]

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[@JM-mb6tf]

How is it possible that you "only" have 184000 subscribers ??? With the quality of your videos - you should have at least a million....

[@599CD]

Tell me about it. LOL. The problem is that there aren't anywhere near as many people who use Access as, say, Excel or Word. So the channels that feature Excel videos tend to have a lot more followers. That's OK. I'll focus on quality and do what I do best... Access. I'd rather have a larger slice of a smaller pie. :) I put up an Excel or Word video from time to time, but my passion has always been Access.

[@TGilbertPE]

This is a great video - I really liked how you incorporated programming into the solution. I particularly like some of the small notes you make, like noting how to use the variables from in the "program" and that there are 2 hidden characters for a line break (is there only one in Excel). This topic reminds me of my Fortran class from '82 but without the punch cards (yes I actually did have to use those things). Thank you!

[@599CD]

Glad you enjoyed it! Yeah, I took Fortran in high school, along with Pascal. I learned BASIC myself when I was like 8, so those languages seemed so out of date. LOL

[@youknow5569]

Back in the day when I was only 17 and "Programming" in Microsoft Basic, I had to figure out Special functions like a customer wanting to return an item for credit. I set up my program to recognise the R then the quantity returned. I keep messing up with Access because I still want to add the $ to the vb code. IF LEFT$(Q$, 1) = "R" THEN OD = VAL(MID$(Q$, 2, (LEN(Q$)))) Those darn old habits. :) Thank you for sharing your TechHelp Videos!

[@599CD]

There actually is a difference between Left() and Left$(). One can handle variants. The other must be strings.

[@josberk4646]

The CR (carridge Return) and LF (Linefeed) are from the matrix printer ages .. CR returned the carridge to the starting point, the LF fed the paper 1 line up ..

[@599CD]

Yeah! I'm old enough to remember that. LOL

[@petervansoestdevrolijkeboe3320]

I thought you always have to combine an “IF” statement with “End If”, but within the For next loop, you did not use “End If”? So, it is not mandatory?

[@599CD]

You can have a one-line IF statement which does not need END IF, such as: IF X=1 THEN Y=2 Or you can have a Multi-Line IF statement which requires END IF, like: IF X=1 THEN Y=2 Z=3 END IF See 599cd.com/ACD1

[@rabidfollower]

You also don't need to use End If if you have multiple lines connected with colons: If X=Y Then A=1: B=2: C=3 In this case, all three actions after Then are only run if the condition is true. This is a good shorthand if you have short statements, but it is frowned upon if you have long statements that would make the code look messy.

[@ehteshamshah]

Super

[@599CD]

Thanks

[@manjunath2483]

How to specific characters count

[@599CD]

I get a ton of questions every day, and I don't have time to answer them all here on KZbin. Feel free to submit your question on my website at: 599cd.com/AskYT