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use try...catch alone to input numbers less than 19 digits long in text box

Using try..catch statement alone i am trying to input a number in a text box. I am trying to make it so that a message pops if the input is 19 9s or more. I dont want the answers textbox to display infinity, instead i want it to pop a msgbox saying the input is too big. Here is the code: (please try not to use if...else statements, only try...catch)


 'defines what happens when the user clicks on the calculate button. It displays the equation on the text box for result.
    Private Sub CALCULATEButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles CALCULATEButton.Click



        Try
            IsNumeric(radius)


            'assigns the value of the RADIUS text box to the radius variable
            radius = RADIUSTextBox.Text


            'Determine what radio buttons are checked and calculate according
            If SURFACERadioButton.Checked = True Then
                equation = 4 * PI * (radius ^ 2)
            End If


            If VOLUMERadioButton.Checked = True Then
                equation = (4 / 3) * PI * (radius ^ 3)
            End If

            RESULT = CStr(equation)

            'displays the result of the equation
            RESULTTextBox.Text = equation


        Catch ex As OverflowException
            Console.WriteLine("Error: Input too large/small, Calculated value too large/small")
            MsgBox("Error: Input too large/small, Calculated value too large/small" & vbCrLf & "Please enter a different value", , "Sphere Volume and Area Calculator Version 2")
            RADIUSTextBox.Text = 1


        Catch ex As InvalidCastException
            Console.WriteLine("Error: incorrect input, string used")
            MsgBox("Please enter a valid number!" & vbCrLf & "Expressions like a , ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + = | / \ { } [ ] ' : ; < > ?" & vbCrLf & "are not accepted.", , "Sphere Volume and Area Calculator Version 2")
            RADIUSTextBox.Text = 1

       
        End Try


    End Sub

 
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use a checked statement

for example

            try
            {
                checked { Convert.ToInt32(RADIUSTextBox.Text);  }
            }
            catch (OverflowException e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error caught: {0}", e);
            }

~b
btw, this is in C#, should be easy to convert to vb.net
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wow, almost works, it blocks on 10 9s and there after, but i can still get values with 18 9s without using the statement provided. My normal code gives the infinity at 19 9s, so i am trying for it to work normally if i input 18 9s.

I only used this part because the rest gave me error:

Convert.ToInt32(RADIUSTextBox.Text)
ok I changed the value to
Convert.ToInt64(RADIUSTextBox.Text)
and it works fine for the surface, on 19 9s it catched the exception.

Now the problem lies when i do it for volume, volume only works with 12 9s and then it goes into displaying infinity.
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I found the way messing around with the information provided by bramsquad, thanks
hmm, 12 9's is weird because even an UInt32 is less than 10 9's

are you doing the same checked statement?  something like

checked { Convert.ToInt64(VOLUMETextBox.Text);  }

???
well done