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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