VB.NET equivalent ..

[spoiledkid]

What is the VB.NET Equiv. of Functions like Fix, ASC and in which library can they be found ?

[nemaroller]

'asc
 Dim asciiValue As Integer = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(c)(0)

[Andy]

the namespace is microsoft.visualbasic

[nemaroller]

As far as Fix.... the framework will truncate if you cast a single of (3.5) into an integer, the .5 will drop off.

example:
 Dim total As Integer = CType(3.2!, Integer)

[techgnome]

Originally posted by Andy
the namespace is microsoft.visualbasic

I think that ends up being more of a crutch than helpfull.. if one is going to make the leap to VB.NET, just do it.... don't stick one foot on one side and one on the other.... commit or not.

TG

[kleinma]

i agree.. i was looking for the left function and i was like "where the hell is it" looked it up in help and it said you HAVE to fully qualify it in a form because of the forms left property (this happened in VB6 with intellisense too)

then i realized that this functionality is built right into string objects like the substring method

[Andy]

i agree. I was just quoting what I found in the MSDN. Can you use those functions without importing that namespace? What ARE the equivalent .net methods?

[Pirate]

Do you know that there are some mathematical functions in the Math class ?

[<ABX]

'Fix
 
Math.Ceiling '(If you pass 3.5 it will give 4)
Math.Floor ' (If you pass 3.5 it will give 3)
 
'both only return whole numbers

[nemaroller]

As far as I could ever tell, Fix simply truncates the decimal fraction of a number.... I guess its easier than typing out the conversion, perhaps not in c# though... result = (int)mySingle.

[Andy]

Originally posted by Pirate
Do you know that there are some mathematical functions in the Math class ?

is THAT what the Math class does?

[Pirate]

Originally posted by Andy
is THAT what the Math class does?

Ofcourse , I don't know mean that basic mathematical functions (+ - / *)....

[kleinma]

spoiledkid i hate to say this, and I am not being sarcastic at all, but in the MSDN help with .NET, if you look up those functions by name you will get the documentation on them

[spoiledkid]

I have seen the documentation on those, they are part of Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace which gives me a feeling that this namespace is just for backward compatibility ... I do not want to use anything of VB6 so I asked if there was a equivalent in .net

[kleinma]

yeah I have yet to find something in the Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace that there is not a .net function that does the same thing

[spoiledkid]

Originally posted by kleinma
yeah I have yet to find something in the Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace that there is not a .net function that does the same thing

[nemaroller]

I like my car...

[spoiledkid]

Originally posted by nemaroller
I like my car...

then go to chit-chat

[VBGuy]

The only VB6 -> .NET thing I am struggling with is the Format function. I have still not figured that one out.

For example, If I have a value x = 9, how do I format that to be 9.00? I have been using the microsoft.visualbasic namespace but would rather just use the framework to do the formatting.

[taxes]

Originally posted by VBGuy
The only VB6 -> .NET thing I am struggling with is the Format function. I have still not figured that one out.

For example, If I have a value x = 9, how do I format that to be 9.00? I have been using the microsoft.visualbasic namespace but would rather just use the framework to do the formatting.

VB.NET uses strings to format numbers

Dim mystring As String
        Dim mynumber As Double = 9
        mystring = FormatNumber(mynumber, 2)

gives the string 9.00

[nemaroller]

I have been using the microsoft.visualbasic namespace but would rather just use the framework to do the formatting.

Here you go, just use an overloaded method of the ToString function:

Dim my9 As Single = 9.121
Dim myString As String = my9.ToString("#.00"))
'gives 9.12
 
Dim myDouble As Double = 1234567890
Dim myString As String = myDouble.ToString( "(###) ### - ####" )
' gives (123) 456 – 7890
 
'or use the Format function
Dim price As Double = 3.21
Dim myString As String = String.Format("{0:c}", price)
' gives $3.21

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...matstrings.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...matstrings.asp

[Andy]

this post or a gathering of the c#/vb.net commands that are used to convert one another would make a great sticky or FAQ.