Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic 2017
Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic 2017
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ISBN: 9781337102124
Author: Diane Zak
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 3, Problem 3MQ3

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TryParse method:

  • The method TryParse() is used to convert text to the numeric data type.
  • If the text cannot be converted to the appropriate data type, then the method assigns the value 0 to the corresponding variable.

Syntax:

DataType.TryParse(text, variable)

Given statement:

  'Convert the input value to decimal and  

  'then store the result in the decTax variable

  txtTax.Text = 6.89;

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