I am stumped

I am having problems fixing a number of problems, this is one that keeps showing up. I don't know what to do to fix it, I have tried to change from integers to numbers to strings to decimals. I am writing a string array, but I am beat at this point. I may mention, I am brand new to programming, and this is my first class.

Thanks,

Monty.


Error 5 Overload resolution failed because no accessible '*' can be called with these arguments:
'Public Shared Operator *(d1 As Decimal, d2 As Decimal) As Decimal': Value of type '1-dimensional array of String' cannot be converted to 'Decimal'. C:\Users\Monty\Documents\School\Design Logic and Prog CINS 113\Zak Labs\Mid-Term project.vb\Mid-Term project.vb\JM Sales.vb 25 24 Mid-Term project.vb

hmm, overloading operator..
can you show whole code? :)

The error tells you exactly what is wrong. You are trying to multiply an array of strings with a Decimal. Tell use what you are trying to do and post some relevant code (And use code tags) then we will be able to help

Ok,, I changed things up a bit, and here is what I have so far...

vb.net Code:

Private Sub btnCreate_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnCreate.Click
 
        'Declarations
        Dim decSales() As Decimal = {"2400", "1500", "1600", "2790", "1000", "6300", "1300", "2700"}
        Dim decBonus() As Decimal
        Dim decInterestRate As Decimal
        Dim decTotalBonusPaid As Decimal
        Dim intBonusS As Integer = 0
 
        'calculate the appropriate subscript
        Decimal.TryParse(txtReport.Text, decBonus)
 
        'calculate bonus
 
        For intBonusS As Integer = 0 To 7 Step 1
            decBonus[0] = decInterestRate * decSales[0]

Here are the errors...



Error 2 Variable 'intBonusS' hides a variable in an enclosing block. C:\Users\Monty\Documents\School\Design Logic and Prog CINS 113\Zak Labs\Mid-Term project.vb\Mid-Term project.vb\JM Sales.vb 22 13 Mid-Term project.vb


Error 1 Value of type '1-dimensional array of Decimal' cannot be converted to 'Decimal'. C:\Users\Monty\Documents\School\Design Logic and Prog CINS 113\Zak Labs\Mid-Term project.vb\Mid-Term project.vb\JM Sales.vb 17 42 Mid-Term project.vb


Error 4 Identifier expected. C:\Users\Monty\Documents\School\Design Logic and Prog CINS 113\Zak Labs\Mid-Term project.vb\Mid-Term project.vb\JM Sales.vb 23 22 Mid-Term project.vb



Error 3 Expression is not a method. C:\Users\Monty\Documents\School\Design Logic and Prog CINS 113\Zak Labs\Mid-Term project.vb\Mid-Term project.vb\JM Sales.vb 23 13 Mid-Term project.vb

Arrays in VB.NET are indexed with (), not []. decSales appears to be an array of Strings converted to Decimal - not illegal, I suppose, but not good coding practice. Remove the quotes around the numbers.

Code:

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Dim decSales() As Decimal = {"2400", "1500", "1600", "2790", "1000", "6300", "1300", "2700"}

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Bad practice implicitly converting strings to decimals. Turn option strict on. Use

Code:

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Dim decSales() As Decimal = {2400, 1500, 1600, 2790, 1000, 6300, 1300, 2700}

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Thanks folks! That worked!!!