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#1 2005-02-17 12:55:26
- rabid
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Please help me
hey ya,
I really hate maths lol, ok here’s my problem
I have a variable know as PriceOfProperty
I have another variable known as Deposit
Both variables can be any number as they are set by a user input
I need to ensure that what ever the PriceOfProperty the Deposit is at least 5% of that value
It has to be in the format of an if statement like so:
If the Deposit value is 5 % of PriceOfProperty value then true
Only its actual syntax is in this format:
If (txtPriceOfProperty.Text / 100) * 5 > …. Then
Only that sum doesn’t work as that now how you work it out
Any help would be appreciated
Cheers
Rabid Lemming
#2 2005-02-17 14:40:13
- MathsIsFun
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Re: Please help me
Hi Rabid, is the language Visual Basic?
Perhaps the problem is that the value is text, not numeric. Try converting it first. In VB you could use CDbl().
Also try showing the numbers before and after the calculation (debug.print or msgbox or whatver works to show them on the screen) to see what is going on.
It is also possible that when dividing by 100 it is thinking "this is a whole number, so the answer should be a whole number".
Try this:
MinDeposit = cdbl(txtPriceOfProperty.Text) * 0.05
if (Deposit >= MinDeposit) then
...
end if
Let's know how you get on
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
#3 2005-02-19 01:04:12
- rabid
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Re: Please help me
hi,
Cheers that helped a lot I got it working using:
Dim var10 As Decimal
Dim var11 As Decimal
'Get 5% of the house price as a decimal number
var10 = (txtPriceOfProperty.Text / 100) * 5
'Get the deposit as a decimal
var11 = txtDeposit.Text
'Check the depositis grater then the asking amount
If (var11 >= var10) Then
CheckDepostit = True
Else
CheckDepostit = False
End If
Thank you for your help
Cheers
Rabid Lemming
#4 2013-05-29 22:40:16
- Shivamcoder3013
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Re: Please help me
What is that?
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
-Archimedes
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#5 2013-05-29 23:53:37
- Agnishom
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Re: Please help me
Visual Basic Program
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
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#6 2013-05-29 23:55:15
- Shivamcoder3013
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Re: Please help me
No, there was another post by a guest today on this thread which was composed of weird symbols only.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
-Archimedes
My maturity level depends on the people I am around.
#7 2013-05-30 00:10:57
- bobbym
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Re: Please help me
That got deleted, he is a vandal.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.