ACRONYM

ACRONYM(sText, bJustCapitals)
Returns the first letter of each word.

sTextThe text you want the acronym for.
bJustCapitals(Optional) Whether to just use the words that start with a capital letter.

REMARKS
Public Function ACRONYM( _

Public Function ACRONYM( _ 
         ByVal sText As String, _
Optional ByVal bJustCapitals As Boolean = False) _
         As String

Dim sreturn As String
Dim inextspace As Integer
Dim sfirstcharacter As String
Dim sword As String

    sText = VBA.Trim(sText)
    Do While VBA.Len(sText) > 0
       inextspace = VBA.InStr(1, sText, " ")
       If (inextspace > 0) Then
          sword = VBA.Trim(VBA.Left(sText, inextspace - 1))
          sText = VBA.Right(sText, VBA.Len(sText) - inextspace)
       Else
          sword = sText
          sText = ""
       End If
       
       sfirstcharacter = VBA.Left(sword, 1)
       If (bJustCapitals = True) Then
          If (VBA.Asc(sfirstcharacter) >= 65 And VBA.Asc(sfirstcharacter) <= 90) Then
             sreturn = sreturn & VBA.UCase(sfirstcharacter)
          End If
       End If
       
       If (bJustCapitals = False) Then
          sreturn = sreturn & VBA.UCase(sfirstcharacter)
       End If
    Loop
    ACRONYM = sreturn
End Function

For instructions on how to add this function to a workbook refer to the page under Inserting Functions


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