How do I resolve this: 'index was outside the bounds of the array.'

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'Index was outside the bounds of the array.'

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Private Sub TextBox11_MouseHover(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles TextBox11.MouseHover

        Dim inputNumber As Integer
        inputNumber = Val(TextBox11.Text)
        Dim years As Integer
        years = inputNumber \ 365

        Dim remainingDays As Integer
        remainingDays = inputNumber Mod 365

        Dim months As Integer
        months = remainingDays \ 30

        Dim days As Integer
        days = remainingDays Mod 30

        'تحديد عدد الأيام في الشهور المختلفة
        Dim daysInMonth(11) As Integer
        daysInMonth(0) = 31
        daysInMonth(1) = 28
        daysInMonth(2) = 31
        daysInMonth(3) = 30
        daysInMonth(4) = 31
        daysInMonth(5) = 30
        daysInMonth(6) = 31
        daysInMonth(7) = 31
        daysInMonth(8) = 30
        daysInMonth(9) = 31
        daysInMonth(10) = 30
        daysInMonth(11) = 31

        If months >= 2 Then
            daysInMonth(1) = 29
        End If

        
        While days >= daysInMonth(months - 1) '--problem here---('Index was outside the bounds of the array.') 
            days -= daysInMonth(months - 1)
            months += 1
            If months = 13 Then
                years += 1
                months = 1
            End If

        End While
  Label29.Text = years & " years, " & months & " months, " & days & " days"

End Sub

Posted 16-Feb-23 0:08am

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Updated 16-Feb-23 1:35am

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2023-02-16T00:16:00

How many months are there in a year? :laugh:
Look at your code:

VB

Dim daysInMonth(11) As Integer
daysInMonth(0) = 31
daysInMonth(1) = 28
daysInMonth(2) = 31
daysInMonth(3) = 30
daysInMonth(4) = 31
daysInMonth(5) = 30
daysInMonth(6) = 31
daysInMonth(7) = 31
daysInMonth(8) = 30
daysInMonth(9) = 31
daysInMonth(10) = 30
daysInMonth(11) = 31

YOu declare an array as holding 11 integers, then you try to fill indexes 0 to 11 inclusive - which needs twelve "slots" for integers.
Change the 11 to a 12 and the error will go away:

VB

Dim daysInMonth(12) As Integer
daysInMonth(0) = 31
daysInMonth(1) = 28
daysInMonth(2) = 31
daysInMonth(3) = 30
daysInMonth(4) = 31
daysInMonth(5) = 30
daysInMonth(6) = 31
daysInMonth(7) = 31
daysInMonth(8) = 30
daysInMonth(9) = 31
daysInMonth(10) = 30
daysInMonth(11) = 31

But it's a bad idea to use "magic numbers" anyway ...

Richard Deeming · Answer 2 · 2023-02-16T00:46:00

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VB.NET

While days >= daysInMonth(months - 1) '--problem here

You'll need to debug your code, but the position of the error suggests that the months variable is initially set to 0.

A quick check shows that any number between (365×N)+0 and (365×N)+29 will end up with months = 0.

NB: You cannot convert a number of days into days, months, and years without specifying a starting date. For example, 30 days from 1st January would be 30 days, whereas 30 days from 1st February would be 1 month and either 1 or 2 days, depending on the year.

Andre Oosthuizen · Answer 3 · 2023-02-16T01:35:00

As Richard mentioned, you are out of bounds because you are subtracting 1 from the months variable when accessing the daysInMonth array in the While loop. This can cause the index to become negative, or to exceed the bounds of the array.

For example, when months is equal to 1, the expression months - 1 will evaluate to 0, which is a valid index for the daysInMonth array. However, when months is equal to 0, the expression months - 1 will evaluate to -1, which is an invalid index for the array.

To fix this issue, you can adjust the condition in the While loop to check if days is greater than or equal to the number of days in the current month -

While days >= daysInMonth(months - 1)
    days -= daysInMonth(months - 1)
    months += 1
    If months = 13 Then
        years += 1
        months = 1
    End If
Wend

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