An Easy Question for you guys.....

[hipopony66]

Hey, I'm using VB and want to write code to convert seconds to min. and secs like this:

220 secs. to xx:xx

hope this makes sense

any help appreciated

[Guv]

Using the Mod Operator is one possibility. The following suggests, but is not VB code.

40 = 220 Mod 60

(220 - 40 ) / 60 = 3

220 seconds = 3:40

Does the above give you a clue?

[hipopony66]

I understand some, but where did you get 40 in the first place?

[Ph34R]

Dident make much sense to me ither, until i looked it over a few more times. i basicaly took his stuff and converted it to vb

Dim minutes, seconds As Integer
Const TimeInSeconds = 220

Private Sub Form_Load()
seconds = TimeInSeconds Mod 60
minutes = (TimeInSeconds - seconds) / 60
MsgBox (minutes & ":" & seconds)
End Sub

[Guv]

Hipopony66: The Mod Operator works on integer operands, and gives the remainder after dividing.

200 / 60 = 3, with a remainder of 40

Hence 40 = 220 Mod 60

[chrisf]

You can use:
minutes = TimeInSeconds \ 60
instead of:
minutes = (TimeInSeconds - seconds) / 60
to find the no. of mins.