Visual Basic.
NET
Week2
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At the end of this lecture you should be able to:
1. Write a simple VB .Net programs
2. Use input and output statements
3. Become familiar with data types
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To begin learning how to code in VB.NET, you
need to understand
• The types of data that you can work with
• How can store that data in variables and
• How you can convert one data type to another.
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Variable
• A variable is a pointer to a block of memory that stores
information.
Data Type
• The information that is stored in a variable is of a
certain data type.
• This data type you work with could be a number, a
string or a date.
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Use keyword Dim declare variables and data
types
A variable name can be any valid identifier
Variables of the same data type can be declared
in separate statements or can be declared in
one statement with each variable in the
declaration separated by a comma
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Visual Basic structure Value range
type Storage size
Boolean 4 bytes True or False
Byte 1 byte 0 to 255 (unsigned)
Char 2 bytes 0 to 65535 (unsigned)
String 10 bytes + (2 * 0 to approximately two billion Unicode
string length) characters
Date 8 bytes January 1, 1 CE to December 31, 9999
Decimal data types
Decimal 12 bytes 28 places to the right of the decimal
Double 8 bytes 14 places to the right of the decimal
Single 4 bytes 7 places to the right of the decimal
Integer Data types
Integer 4 bytes -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647
Long 8 bytes -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to
9,223,372,036,854,775,807
Short 2 bytes -32,768 to 32,767
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• To declare variables in a program.
Dim a as integer
Dim b as string
Dim c as single
Dim d as Double
Dim e as long
Dim num1, num2, num3 As Integer
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Public Class Form1
Dim a As Integer
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object,
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
TextBox1.Text = "Welcome to Visual Basic"
End Sub
End Class
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Declare the following variables using the
appropriate data types:
a. Phone number
b. Age
c. Gender
d. Payment
e. Temperature
f. Radius
g. Address
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Write a Program
to calculate the
total of 2
numbers
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Public Class Form1
Dim num1 As Integer
Dim num2 As Integer
Dim total As Integer
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e
As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
num1 = TextBox1.Text
num2 = TextBox2.Text
total = num1 + num2
Label3.Text = total
End Sub
End Class
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Part 2
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Learning Outcomes
At the end of this lecture you should be able to:
1. Identify arithmetic operators and do simple
calculations
2. Apply the precedence of arithmetic operators
3. Able to use equality and relational operators
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1. Arithmetic operators
2. Relational operators
3. Logical operators
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Visual Basic Arithmetic Algebraic Visual Basic
Operation Operation Operation Expression
Addition + x+y x+y
Subtraction - Z-8 Z-8
Multiplication * yb y*b
Division (float) / v/u v/u
Exponentiation ^ none x^y
Unary Negative - -e -e
Unary positive + +e +e
Modulus Mod x%y X Mod Y
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Precedence of Arithmetic Operators
Operators Operation(s) Precedence
() parentheses Evaluated first
^ Exponentiation Evaluated second
+, - Sign operations Evaluated third
* or / Multiplication and Evaluated fourth
floating-point division
Mod Modulus Evaluated sixth
+ or - Addition and Evaluated last
subtraction
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Suppose a = 2 , b = 3, c = 7 and x = 5
Determine Y:
Y=a*x^2+b*x +c
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Visual Basic supplies a set of six relational
operators to compare the magnitudes of two
data values.
Comparisons can be made with numeric or
string values, with a Boolean value returned
from the comparison. The general format for
the comparison statement is
value operator value
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Operator Use
= Tests whether two values are equal.
<> Tests whether two values are not equal.
< Tests whether the first value is less than
the second value.
> Tests whether the first value is greater
than the second value.
<= Tests whether the first value is less than or
equal to the second value.
>= Tests whether the first value is greater
than or equal to the second value.
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To handle multiple conditions more efficiently,
Visual Basic provides logical operators that
can be used to form complex conditions by
combining simple ones.
The logical operators are AndAlso, And,
OrElse, Or, Xor and Not.
We consider examples that use each of these
operators.
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The Not operator returns True when the
condition is False. Otherwise, it returns
False.
Example
If Not (1 = 2) Then
MessageBox.Show("(1 = 2) is False. So Not False is True")
End If
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The And operator returns True when the
conditions of the left and right are True.
Otherwise, it returns False.
Both conditions are evaluated before the
result is returned.
Example
If (1 = 1) And (2 = 2) Then
MessageBox.Show("(1 = 1) is True. (2 = 2) is True. So True
And True is True")
End If
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The AndAlso operator returns False when the
condition on the left hand side is False.
Else, it returns True when the conditions of the
left and right are True.
Otherwise, it returns False.
The condition on the right hand side is never
evaluated when that on the left hand side is
False.
This is called short-circuited logic.
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Condition1 Condition2 Condition1 AndAlso Condition2
True True True
True False False
False - False
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The Or operator returns True when the
condition on either side is True.
Otherwise, it returns False.
Both conditions are evaluated before the result
is returned.
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Condition1 Condition2 Condition1 Or Condition2
True True True
True False True
False True True
False False False
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The OrElse operator returns True when the
condition on the left hand side is True.
Else, if the condition on the right hand side
is True, it returns True.
Otherwise, it returns False.
The condition on the right hand side is never
evaluated when that on the left hand side is
True.
This is called short-circuited logic.
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Condition1 Condition2 Condition1 OrElse Condition2
True - True
False True True
False False False
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The Xor operator returns True when the
condition on the left hand side or right hand
side is True, but not when both are True.
Xor means "Exclusive OR".
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Condition1 Condition2 Condition1 Xor Condition2
True True False
True False True
False True True
False False False
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Input Box
InputBox is used to get an input from the
user
Always contain OK and Cancel buttons.
Format
a = Inputbox (strprompt,strtitle,strdefault)
The text to Text on Value for
request input the title default
bar answer
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Input Box
ComName = Inputbox ("What is the name of the company?",
"Company Request")
Company request X
What is the name of the company? OK
Cancel
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Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
InputBox("Enter an integer", "Input")
End Sub
End Class
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Using a Message Box for Output
Class MessageBox for creating dialog
Format
Messagebox.Show (text as String, caption as String,
messageboxbuttons, messageboxicons)
MsgBox("Hi, Welcome to the System", MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation)
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Example :
MessageBox.show("Are you ready for the report?",
"Report Request“, MessageboxButtons.YesNoCancel)
Report Request X
Are you ready for the report?
Yes No Cancel
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Question and Answer Session
Q&A
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Next Session
Control Structures Part 1
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