VBA Converting other types to strings

Use CStr to convert a numeric type to a string

Const zipCode As Long = 10012
Dim zipCodeText As String
'Convert the zipCode number to a string of digit characters
zipCodeText = CStr(zipCode)
'zipCodeText = "10012"

Use Format to convert and format a numeric type as a string

Const zipCode As long = 10012
Dim zeroPaddedNumber As String
zeroPaddedZipCode = Format(zipCode, "00000000")
'zeroPaddedNumber = "00010012"

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