Help with a VB code

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OK, I am making a game, pretty much you need to guess the time.
Sounds easy, and boring, but I am making it fun. This is the code I have so far.

If TextBox1.Text = TimeOfDay Then
MsgBox("Correct!", 0 + 0, "You Win!")
End If

*(Read my comment to find question)*

Posted 25-Aug-10 0:52am

jerryg225

Updated 25-Aug-10 1:36am

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Dalek Dave 25-Aug-10 6:56am

Minor Edit for Code Block and to remove about three of the PRETTY MUCHes :)

Richard MacCutchan 25-Aug-10 7:04am

So what is your question?

jerryg225 25-Aug-10 7:34am

Oh, thanks, the best way to ask the question is in an example.

OK, say the time is 3:34:56 AM

What your goal is to type in 3:34:56 AM (sounds easy, but not as easy as it sounds)
but if you say 3:34:55 or 3:34:57 AM then the message still pops up...

Richard MacCutchan 25-Aug-10 7:55am

Well that sounds easy enough, just compare the guess to the current time and if the difference is less than 2 or 3 seconds the message pops up.

Dylan Morley 25-Aug-10 9:48am

Dunno if this game would drag me away from Call of Duty

Richard MacCutchan 25-Aug-10 11:56am

Or watching paint dry.

Sandeep Mewara 25-Aug-10 12:36pm

Whats the issue here? Things sound simple and straight. Whats stopping you?

Simon Dufour 25-Aug-10 15:37pm

Reason for my vote of 1
Title is useless. Question is not even complete. Rework you question and you might have some help!

2 solutions

Solution 2

Can you just do that small part. that means nothing to me, when I see it, I can interperate it.

Posted 25-Aug-10 16:18pm

jerryg225

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Christian Graus 25-Aug-10 23:08pm

PLEASE don't push answer, to ask questions. Perhaps you should sign up for a course or buy a book, if you're really this confused by this task ?

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Christian Graus · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-25T10:22:00

Solution 1

What you want to do, is to store your time as a DateTime, then try to convert the text in the textbox to a datetime. Then you can use comparison operators to see how close the user was, and decide your margin for letting them win, and tell them if they are higher than lower. I'm not sure how this is going to be great fun, but it's certainly a valid exercise if you're teaching yourself VB.

I am not sure if there's a DateTime.TryParse, or a Convert.ToDateTime. Be sure to make sure your code handles if the person has typed in a non datetime. Worse case, you can use the methods on the string class, or a regex, to split your string into numbers, and then use int.Parse to get numbers you can pass to a DateTime constructor.

Posted 25-Aug-10 10:22am

Christian Graus

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jerryg225 25-Aug-10 18:10pm

Hey, yes, I am am teaching myself VB. lol

Also, you have the right idea at what I am trying to do. I want the margin to be one above and one below the actual number. Any help on that?

jerryg225 25-Aug-10 18:10pm

Reason for my vote of 3
Has the right idea on track.

Yusuf 25-Aug-10 19:07pm

Give me a break A**Hole. You asked a question CG gave you detailed answer and you give him 3 because he is in the right idea on track? Why don't you do it yourself then instead of asking for help.

Yusuf 25-Aug-10 19:08pm

Reason for my vote of 5
Countering a**hole's 3 point. The answer is legitimate and does not deserve that

jerryg225 25-Aug-10 22:21pm

Well I dont understand him...lol, I dont know much...

Smithers-Jones 26-Aug-10 7:25am

"I dont know much" - that's obvious to us.