Const baseString As String = "Foo Bar" Dim containsBar As Boolean 'Check if baseString contains "bar" (case insensitive) containsBar = InStr(1, baseString, "bar", vbTextCompare) > 0 'containsBar = True 'Check if baseString contains bar (case insensitive) containsBar = InStr(1, baseString, "bar", vbBinaryCompare) > 0 'containsBar = False