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Save the return value from MsgBox to a variable

 
Sub Informant2()
    Dim myPrompt As String
    Dim town As String

    Const myTitle = "Enter data"
    myPrompt = "Place of birth:" & Chr(13) & "(e.g., Boston, Great Falls, etc.)"
    
    town = InputBox(myPrompt, myTitle)

    MsgBox "You were born in " & town & ".", , "Your response"
End Sub

 








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