Can anyone show a newbie how this works? I tried doing it myself but I seem to keep getting errors and the book I'm using is not so helpful.

For example, I want to calcuate the gallon of paint (Length + Width) times 2 times 10 feet height and divide it all by 300.

My understanding is you have to start it off by "Dim" correct? Can anyone show me how this works?

Thanks-Young

Hi Young, yes this Dim you speak of is the way in which you declare variables. You do Dim <variable name> As <variable type>. You can then assign values to these variables and perform calculations on them. For instance your code would need to be something like (but more added):

Dim intWidth as Integer
Dim intHeight as Integer
Dim intResult as Integer

IntWidth = 50
IntHeight = 100
IntResult = (IntWidth * IntResult) / 2

MsgBox(IntResult)

This would display a message simply saying 2500.
For more on variables take a look at:
http://visualbasic.about.com/od/quicktips/qt/vardeclare.htm
And any other beginner sites for VB.NET

HTH, Dai


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I tried the int and it kept giving me error, what am I doing wrong?

Thanks-Young

Try changing it to double.

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