vba make word from bytes

Public Function MakeInteger%(LoByte As Byte, HiByte As Byte)
  If HiByte And &H80 Then
    MakeInteger = ((HiByte * &H100&) Or LoByte) Or &HFFFF0000
  Else
    MakeInteger = (HiByte * &H100) Or LoByte
  End If
End Function

'If n is a 4-byte Long Integer, the Low (Left) Word is:
If n And &H8000& Then
  	LoWord = n Or &HFFFF0000
Else
    LoWord = n And &HFFFF&
End If

'If n is a 4-byte Long Integer, the High (Right) Word is:
HiWord = (n And &HFFFF0000) \ &H10000

#You can remove a word from a string using str.replace ()
myString = 'papa is a good man'
newString = myString.replace('papa', '')
>>>' is a good man'