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Simple calculator using functions (Visual Basic 6.0)

Hello-
I am trying to write the code for a basic calculator in VB using functions but when I click on the numbers when i run it, they do not appear in the display text (txtResult.text). Here is what I have. Thanks! Jackie

Dim oper As String
Dim myVar As Double
Dim myVar2 As Double

Option Explicit

'CALCULATOR TAB

Private Sub cmdEquals_Click()

Dim result As Double

myVar = txtResult.Text
txtResult.Text = ""

'CALL Calculator

result = Calculator(myVar, myVar2, oper)
txtResult.Text = result

If Val(txtResult.Text) < 0 Then
txtResult.ForeColor = vbRed
Else: txtResult.ForeColor = vbBlack
End If

If Val(txtResult.Text) >= 0 Then
txtResult.ForeColor = vbBlack
Else: txtResult.ForeColor = vbRed
End If

cmdRealDivide.BackColor = vbRed
cmdPlus.BackColor = vbRed
cmdSubtract.BackColor = vbRed
cmdMultiply.BackColor = vbRed
cmdIntegerDivision.BackColor = vbRed
cmdModulus.BackColor = vbRed
cmdExponent.BackColor = vbRed
cmdSquareRoot.BackColor = vbRed
cmdSquared.BackColor = vbRed
cmdNegPos.BackColor = vbRed

End Sub

Private Function Calculator(a As Double, b As Double, c As String) As Double

Dim result As Double 'function to calculate events

If c = "+" Then
result = a + b

ElseIf c = "/" Then
result = a / b
calc = result

ElseIf c = "-" Then
result = a - b
calc = result

ElseIf c = "*" Then
result = a * b
calc = result

ElseIf c = "\" Then
result = a \ b
calc = result

ElseIf c = "M" Then
result = a Mod b
calc = result

ElseIf c = "x^y" Then
result = a ^ b
End If

End Function

Hillwaaa

Hi jlx2,

I'm assuming that you have other buttons to populate the numbers? For example a button for the "1" that has:

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Me.txtResult.AppendText("1")
End Sub

Cheers!

Mike Tomlinson

"but when I click on the numbers when i run it, they do not appear in the display text (txtResult.text)"

I don't see any code there to handle the clicking of the "number" buttons...

Did you not post that part?

What are the names of the "number" buttons? You need to add Click() handlers that add that buttons number to the display right?...

Mike Tomlinson

By the way, you posted your question in the VB.Net area, not the VB6 area:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Programming_Languages/Visual_Basic/

Arthur_Wood

Since this is the VB.Net section, that is why Hillwaaa's answer above may look a bit strange to you.

AW

Arthur_Wood

in this section:

ElseIf c = "/" Then
result = a / b
calc = result

What will you do it b = 0 ?

same goes for

ElseIf c = "\" Then
result = a \ b
calc = result

AW

Hillwaaa

Yeah, I wondered why the code looked a bit strange to me :)

Still I think the point that Idle_mind and I made is valid - if the problem is that clicking the number buttons does not put the numbers into the textbox, then you need to add some code to handle the button clicks.

Good spot on the divide by zero too!

jlx2

ASKER

Thank-you for your responses. Apparently I do not have anything set up for when I click on a number. Each button is a command (i.e., cmdOne, cmdPlu, cmdEquals, etc). This assignment was originally done the long way so I had a code under each separate command button. Now we are in procedures/functions and I am not sure how to make the clicks appear in the display.

Thanks-
Jackie

P.S. sorry i posted in VB.Net; I did not see the VB listed when I asked the quesiton.

Mike Tomlinson

So the code for the "1" would probably look something like:

Private Sub cmdOne_Click()
txtResult.Text = txtResult.Text & "1"
End Sub

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Mike Tomlinson

"actually, you need three text boxes on your form"

You don't NEED three TextBoxes...a calculator only has ONE display right? =)

When an operand is clicked you store the current value in the display in a variable for later use...