hi..
how do we add integer from the input

for example...

Dim Total

Total = txtButton1.Text + txtButton2.Text

i have to ask the user to input integer into the text box.. then adding the value.. but result is concat

for eg..

if txtButton1.Text = 5 and txtbutton2.Text = 9

Total will be 59...

how do we calculate in .NET , thanks

convert the textbox value to an integer

int someValue = int.Parse(textbox1.Text);

i have read the .Parse in the help but it still confusing me..

this is what i have done in the calculation..

let say: txtFoods.Text and txtDrinks.Text

where txtFoods = 50 and txtDrinks = 20

Dim Foods As Integer = txtFoods.Text
Dim Drinks As Integer = txtDrinks.Text
Dim Total As Integer

Total = Foods + Drinks

/* it works fine.. hopefully..

but using the Parse...

int someValue = int.Parse(textbox1.Text)

...will make me looks smart

Originally Posted by Nazi370

i have read the .Parse in the help but it still confusing me..

You should read up on data types. VB hides this from you. Think of it like people - if you want a baby, you need 2 people to make one, but they have to be the right type of people. You need a man and a woman. If you have 2 people, but they're both women, they can't make a baby. If you want to do math, you need 2 pieces of data, but now they both have to be the same type, and it has to be a numeric type. int.Parse(string) takes a string representation of numeric data and turns it into an integer. double.Parse(string) does the same thing, but gives a double precision decimal result. Et cetera. Because text boxes let a user enter text, which is string data, it must be converted into numbers before you're able to do math on it.