Visual Studio 2008 Question

[Spankdacamel4me]

I'm trying to figure out a way to split currency. Heres an example..
Instead of $27.58 as my result I would rather see
27 Dollars 58 Cents

I'm just not sure how I can receive the cents by itself.

Thank you :)
- Camel

[snowman7000]

A few questions: what language are you using, also are start with a string of text or some other type.

[Spankdacamel4me]

Originally Posted by snowman7000

A few questions: what language are you using, also are start with a string of text or some other type.

I am programming in Visual Basic, and for your second question I dont really understand what you are asking sorry.
To break it down a bit more here is another example. I havent really even begun on the code yet because I didnt know where to start, but here is a bit of pseudo-code to get an idea...

lblFinalCost.Text = FormatNumber(Val(txtCost1.Text) * Val(txtCost2.Text)), 2)

cost1 = $10
cost2 = $10.12

FinalCost = $20.12

I'm trying to find out how I can split $20.12 into "20 Dollars 12 Cents" in the label. I need the cents saved to a separate variable or something. I can't figure how I would separate the cents from the dollars so I can display the total as "20 Dollars 12 Cents".

I hope that made a bit more sense this time. Extremely dumbed down example, but its kind of hard to explain what I am looking for. Any input is appreciated, thank you.


- Camel

[snowman7000]

I am more of a C# guy since I have done more work in C++, Javascript, Java and C# so I will give you this code that I know works in C# and hopefully compilable translation to a VB (I only have the express versions of C#, C++ and Web Developer as I don't like to use VB and only use it at work when I am maintaining legacy code and what I do at home is only small personal projects so I don't need the full edition.)

'// string txtDollarsAndCents = txtCost.Text
string txtDollarsAndCents = "$27.58";
txtDollarsAndCents.Trim();

double DollarsAndCents = Double.Parse( txtDollarsAndCents, System.Globalization.NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol
| System.Globalization.NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint
| System.Globalization.NumberStyles.AllowThousands );

int Dollars = Convert.ToInt32( Math.Floor( DollarsAndCents ) );
int Cents = Convert.ToInt32( (DollarsAndCents % 1.0) * 100 );

target.Text = Dollars + " Dollars " + Cents + " Cents ";



' I think this should work, I am sorry that I cannot insure this will compile.

Dim DollarsAndCents As Double
Dim Dollars As Integer
Dim Cents As Integer
Dim txtDollarsAndCents As String = "$27.58"

' could assign value but for example hard code one above
'txtDollarsAndCents = txtCost.Text

' This will take off any extra whitespace on the ends if it is user input
txtDollarsAndCents.Trim()

' this will covert the string type to a numeric type that can have a fraction
DollarsAndCents = Double.Parse( txtDollarsAndCents, System.Globalization.NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol Or System.Globalization.NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint Or System.Globalization.NumberStyles.AllowThousands )

' gets the whole number portion (dollars) and assigns it to a numeric type, since will only be whole number choose numeric type that not contain fractional part
Dollars = Convert.ToInt32( Math.Floor( DollarsAndCents )

' gets the fractional part (cents) and assigns it to a numeric type, since will only be whole number choose numeric type that not contain fractional part
Cents = Convert.ToInt32( (DollarsAndCents Mod 1.0) * 100 )

target.Text = Dollars & " Dollars " & Cents & " Cents "

[Spankdacamel4me]

Thanks very much for the code. I started the code at my house and am now currently on a different computer so i won't have the chance to compile it and test it out tonight, but can't wait to give it a go first thing tomorrow. Seems to make more sense looking at it now. Thanks very much for your help.

- Camel