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Subject: Equations supplied by user
From: Hugh Neill <hugh dot neill at spitfireuk dot net>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 14:58:20 +0000
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Hi

I am an absolute beginner, except that I have worked the tutorial and
attempted to read various books.

I am trying to design a program part of which will evaluate a function
supplied by the user.

I have declared the variable x as double. The user will now supply the value
of x in one editfield called Xmin and the function equation in the form
something like x^2 in the next editfield called Relation and declared as
double. 

Pushing a button, PushButton1, then should(!) give the value of the
function.

My problem is code for supplying the equation: is it a string or a number?
This is what I have tried.


  dim x as double
  dim relation as double
  dim y as double

  
  x=Val(xMin.text)
  equation=Val(relation.text)
  y=equation
  MsgBox str(y)

I get two error messages.
  
* This method or property does not exist in relation.PushButton1.Action,
line 17:
equation=Val(relation.text)

* This method or property does not exist in relation.PushButton1.Action,
line 18:
y=equation

What is going wrong?

By the way I'm from London and it's not raining!

Best wishes

Hugh Neill



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