Getting around the Max String size in a vba function?

Question

The max number of characters you can use in string in a vba function is 255. I am trying to run this function

Var1= 1
Var2= 2
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Var256 =256

RunMacros=          


        

Answer 1

I may have missed something here, but why can't you just declare your string with the desired size? For example, in my VBA code I often use something like:

Dim AString As String * 1024

which provides for a 1k string. Obviously, you can use whatever declaration you like within the larger limits of Excel and available memory etc.

This may be a little inefficient in some cases, and you will probably wish to use Trim(AString) like constructs to obviate any superfluous trailing blanks. Still, it easily exceeds 256 chars.