Type conversion

Syntax#

CBool(expression)
CByte(expression)
CChar(expression)
CDate(expression)
CDbl(expression)
CDec(expression)
CInt(expression)
CLng(expression)
CObj(expression)
CSByte(expression)
CShort(expression)
CSng(expression)
CStr(expression)
CUInt(expression)
CULng(expression)
CUShort(expression)

Parameters#

| Function name | Range for Expression argument | | ------ | ------ | ------------| | CBool |Any valid Char or String or numeric expression| |CByte|| 0 through 255 (unsigned); fractional parts are rounded. |CChar|Any valid Char or String expression; only first character of a String is converted; value can be 0 through 65535 (unsigned).

Converting Text of The Textbox to an Integer

From MSDN

Use the CInt function to provide conversions from any other data type to an Integer subtype. For example, CInt forces integer arithmetic when currency, single-precision, or double-precision arithmetic would normally occur.

Assuming that you have 1 button and 2 textbox. If you type on textbox1.text 5.5 and on textbox2.text 10.

If you have this code:

Dim result = textbox1.text + textbox2.text
MsgBox("Result: " & result)
'It will output
5.510

In order to add the values of the 2 textboxes you need to convert their values to Int by using the CInt(expression).

Dim result = CInt(textbox1.text) + CInt(textbox2.text)
MsgBox("Result: " & result)
'It will output
16

Note: When the fractional part of a value is exactly 0.5, the CInt function rounds to the closest even number. For example, 0.5 rounds to 0, while 1.5 rounds to 2, and 3.5 rounds to 4. The purpose of rounding to the closest even number is to compensate for a bias that could accumulate when many numbers are added together.