VB.Net Rounding Numbers

Desi Bravo

I created a BMI program. I am having a problem with rounding numbers. I tried the Double, Constant, and Short. But it still results long numbers. Can anyone he:)lp me. bravo659

Christian Graus

I recently converted a project from VB.NET to C# and discovered that VB.NET has some very entertaining ideas about number rounding. I think though that you're saying you want to control how many digits a floating point number has to the right of the point ? The .Format method will do that for you. Christian I have several lifelong friends that are New Yorkers but I have always gravitated toward the weirdo's. - Richard Stringer

Desi Bravo

Thannk you for youre reply to my inquiry. I will try it and let you know how it went. bravo659

MyThread

I have question, not related to the problem, but you mentioned in your reply that you are converting a program from VB.Net to C#. Can you please tell me why you made that decision. I am working on this web application using VB.Net. I was thinking about converting to C# but still can't make a decision. What could be the advantages since both are now Object-Oriented. Thanks for you reply.

Christian Graus

I had to use VB.NET for an ASP.NET job, and I found it to be even worse than I imagined. Yes, both are OO, and both compile to MSIL, however, VB.NET is incredibly ugly, and has some 'features' that are plain astounding. For example, a function will return false, Nothing or 0 ( depending on the return type ) by default. A blank string is the same as Nothing, if you compare them. I was so disgusted that I started a couple of threads on it, and some of the comments I got from people with a background in VB6 included that VB.NET was initially a good design, until all the VB6 users complained about things that had (rightly) been removed. Now, VB.NET adds a lot of syntax to make it possible to use it in a clean way, but very few users know about it, they keep using things like CType and IIf. Another user informed me that the C# MSIL compiler generates more efficient ( i.e. faster ) code. Another told me that any VB6 programmer who was worth anything had moved to C# because of the mess they had to make of VB.NET to keep the legacy coders happy. In the end, it's obvious that VB.NET is a dead duck. Unlike VB.NET, C# is a new language, designed to be OO, designed to be clean, designed to be a serious language. VB was designed for beginners, and VB.NET carries it's legacy. I don't see why Microsoft need two proprietary languages, and C# is obviously the one they are putting their efforts in to. The gap between C# and VB.NET will grow until VB.NET can be dropped with nary a cry of complaint. If more reason is needed, just compare how many people are answering C# questions/writing C# articles compared to VB.NET here on CP. Christian I have several lifelong friends that are New Yorkers but I have always gravitated toward the weirdo's. - Richard Stringer

MyThread

Thanks Chritian. You are right, even for the .net job openings, people ask for C# and not VB.Net.

Desi Bravo

I found the answer, i am using Math.Round to round off the numbers n the BMI project. bravo659