Question

I have only started programming in VB recently and I am not very good on the coding side. Could somebody help me with the following problem?

I have two values a and b. When I divide them, I want only the integer part to show up ignoring all the decimals and storing it into the variable c

ie

a = 24, b = 11
c = 2

output: 2

Answer 1

Based on your comment, here’s how you could do it if a and b were strings:

Sub Main
    Dim a = "24" , b = "11"
    Dim c as Integer = CInt(a) / CInt(b)
    Console.WriteLine(c)
End Sub

And if c has to be a string…

Sub Main
    Dim a = "24" , b = "11"
    Dim c = CInt((CInt(a) / CInt(b))).ToString()
    Console.WriteLine(c)
End Sub

I’m more of a C# person, so there may be an easier way.

UPDATE To handle rounding, you could do it this way:

Sub Main
    Dim a = "24" , b = "5"
    Dim c = Math.Round(CInt(a) / CInt(b)).ToString()
    Console.WriteLine(c)
End Sub