B Functions

Functions that end with a B.

Function	Description
ASCB	Returns the ANSI number for the first character in a text string (Integer).
CHRB	Returns the character with the corresponding ANSI number (String).
INPUTB	Returns the open stream of an Input or Binary file (String).
INSTRB	Returns the byte position of a substring within a larger string (Long).
LEFTB	Returns a number of characters from the left of a string (String).
LENB	Returns the number of characters in a string (Long).
MIDB	Returns the text string which is a substring of a larger string (String).
RIGHTB	Returns the number of characters from the right of a text string (String).

CHRB

You can use the CHRB function is used with byte data contained in a String.
Instead of returning a character, which may be one or two bytes, ChrB always returns a single byte.

CHRW

Visual Basic for the Macintosh does not support Unicode strings.
Therefore, ChrW(n) cannot return all Unicode characters for n values in the range of 128 - 65,535, as it does in the Windows environment.
Instead, ChrW(n) attempts a "best guess" for Unicode values n greater than 127.
Therefore, you should not use ChrW in the Macintosh environment.
If the platform does not support Unicode then the behaviour is identical to the Chr function.