To control the VB program flow, we can use various conditional operators. Basically, they resemble mathematical operators. Conditional operators are very powerful tools, they let the VB program compare data values and then decide what action to take, whether to execute a program or terminate the program and etc. These operators are shown in Table 7.1.
Table 7.1: Conditional Operators
Operator |
Meaning |
= |
Equal to |
> |
More than |
< |
Less Than |
>= |
More than and equal |
<= |
Less than and equal |
<> |
Not Equal to |
* You can also compare strings with the above operators. However, there are
certain rules to follows: Upper case letters are less than lowercase letters,
"A"<"B"<"C"<"D".......<"Z" and number are less than letters.
In addition to conditional operators, there are a few logical operators which offer added power to the VB programs. There are shown in Table 7.2.
Table 7.2
Operator |
Meaning |
And |
Both sides must be true |
or |
One side or other must be true |
Xor |
One side or other must be true but not both |
Not |
Negates truth |
To effectively control the VB program flow, we shall
use If...Then...Else statement together with the conditional operators and
logical operators.
The general format for the if...then...else statement is
If conditions Then
VB expressions
Else
VB expressions
End If
* any If..Then..Else statement must end with End If. Sometime it is not necessary to use Else.
Example:
Private Sub OK_Click()
firstnum = Val(usernum1.Text)
secondnum = Val(usernum2.Text)
total = Val(sum.Text)
If total = firstnum + secondnum And Val(sum.Text) <> 0 Then
correct.Visible = True
wrong.Visible = False
Else
correct.Visible = False
wrong.Visible = True
End IfEnd Sub
For more example on If...Then...Else, Click on the
[Sample1] and[sample2]
program here.