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

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Answer 1

This test shows that the string in VBA can be at least 10^8 characters long. But if you change it to 10^9 you will fail.

Sub TestForStringLengthVBA()
    Dim text As String
    text = Space(10 ^ 8) & "Hello world"
    Debug.Print Len(text)
    text = Right(text, 5)
    Debug.Print text
End Sub

So do not be mislead by Intermediate window editor or MsgBox output.