Hi I have the method below that returns a bool, true or false depending
on if the conversion to date tiem works. It takes a string input. I am
only returning the bool but would also like to return the string message
ex.message, just wondering how to do this since I think you can only return
one thing with the function. Thanks.
public bool checkdate(Strin g s_date)
{
b_convert = true ;
DateTime dt_temp1 = Convert.ToDateT ime("1/1/1980");
try
{
dt_temp1 = Convert.ToDateT ime(s_date);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
errormsg = ex.Message;
b_convert = false;
}
return b_convert;
}
--
Paul G
Software engineer. 11 1986
On May 11, 4:51 pm, Paul <P...@discussio ns.microsoft.co mwrote:
Hi I have the method below that returns a bool, true or false depending
on if the conversion to date tiem works. It takes a string input. I am
only returning the bool but would also like to return the string message
ex.message, just wondering how to do this since I think you can only return
one thing with the function.
You'll need to use an out parameter:
public bool checkdate(strin g input, out string message)
{
message = null;
...
catch (Exception ex)
{
message = ex.Message;
b_convert = false;
}
...
}
Jon
On Fri, 11 May 2007 08:51:02 -0700, Paul <Pa**@discussio ns.microsoft.co m
wrote:
Hi I have the method below that returns a bool, true or false depending
on if the conversion to date tiem works. It takes a string input. I am
only returning the bool but would also like to return the string message
ex.message, just wondering how to do this since I think you can only
return one thing with the function. Thanks.
You can use a parameter with the "out" keyword to allow additional
information to be return:
public bool checkdate(Strin gs s_date, out String s_error)
{
b_convert = true ;
s_error = "";
DateTime dt_temp1 = Convert.ToDateT ime("1/1/1980");
try
{
dt_temp1 = Convert.ToDateT ime(s_date);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
s_error = ex.Message;
b_convert = false;
}
return b_convert;
}
There are lots of other ways to do this, but the above is pretty much what
the "out" keyword is for.
Pete
Hi thanks for the response, do you use a return statement for the out
variable or only the bool ?
I am getting an error (the out parameter message must be assigned to before
control leaves the current method) Here is what I have
public bool checkdate(strin g input, out string message)
{
message = null;
...
catch (Exception ex)
{
message = ex.Message;
b_convert = false;
}
return b_convert;
...
}
--
Paul G
Software engineer.
"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" wrote:
On May 11, 4:51 pm, Paul <P...@discussio ns.microsoft.co mwrote:
Hi I have the method below that returns a bool, true or false depending
on if the conversion to date tiem works. It takes a string input. I am
only returning the bool but would also like to return the string message
ex.message, just wondering how to do this since I think you can only return
one thing with the function.
You'll need to use an out parameter:
public bool checkdate(strin g input, out string message)
{
message = null;
...
catch (Exception ex)
{
message = ex.Message;
b_convert = false;
}
...
}
Jon
I fixed the previous error, had not assigned null to the string message, just
wondering where I use the member how do I set that up to accept a string and
a bool
string stemp bool btemp = member (date); ?
thanks again
--
Paul G
Software engineer.
"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" wrote:
On May 11, 4:51 pm, Paul <P...@discussio ns.microsoft.co mwrote:
Hi I have the method below that returns a bool, true or false depending
on if the conversion to date tiem works. It takes a string input. I am
only returning the bool but would also like to return the string message
ex.message, just wondering how to do this since I think you can only return
one thing with the function.
You'll need to use an out parameter:
public bool checkdate(strin g input, out string message)
{
message = null;
...
catch (Exception ex)
{
message = ex.Message;
b_convert = false;
}
...
}
Jon
On Fri, 11 May 2007 09:29:02 -0700, Paul <Pa**@discussio ns.microsoft.co m
wrote:
I fixed the previous error, had not assigned null to the string message,
just wondering where I use the member how do I set that up to accept a
string and a bool
Are you asking how to call the method? You call it the same way you'd
call any method with two string parameters, except that for the "out"
parameter you have to include the "out" keyword:
string stemp;
bool btemp = checkdate(date, out stemp);
On return, btemp will have the same value it did with the previous version
of the method, and the string stemp will contain the error message, if any.
Pete
got it working, thanks!
--
Paul G
Software engineer.
"Peter Duniho" wrote:
On Fri, 11 May 2007 08:51:02 -0700, Paul <Pa**@discussio ns.microsoft.co m>
wrote:
Hi I have the method below that returns a bool, true or false depending
on if the conversion to date tiem works. It takes a string input. I am
only returning the bool but would also like to return the string message
ex.message, just wondering how to do this since I think you can only
return one thing with the function. Thanks.
You can use a parameter with the "out" keyword to allow additional
information to be return:
public bool checkdate(Strin gs s_date, out String s_error)
{
b_convert = true ;
s_error = "";
DateTime dt_temp1 = Convert.ToDateT ime("1/1/1980");
try
{
dt_temp1 = Convert.ToDateT ime(s_date);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
s_error = ex.Message;
b_convert = false;
}
return b_convert;
}
There are lots of other ways to do this, but the above is pretty much what
the "out" keyword is for.
Pete
You can use the OUT Parameter to return any message from inside a method to
outside the method. Try like the below,
bool DoSome(string strInput, out string strOutput)
{
strOutput = "Returned from Method";
return true;
}
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"Paul" wrote:
Hi I have the method below that returns a bool, true or false depending
on if the conversion to date tiem works. It takes a string input. I am
only returning the bool but would also like to return the string message
ex.message, just wondering how to do this since I think you can only return
one thing with the function. Thanks.
public bool checkdate(Strin g s_date)
{
b_convert = true ;
DateTime dt_temp1 = Convert.ToDateT ime("1/1/1980");
try
{
dt_temp1 = Convert.ToDateT ime(s_date);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
errormsg = ex.Message;
b_convert = false;
}
return b_convert;
}
--
Paul G
Software engineer.
If that is an actual method (and not just a demo), then you need to read: http://blogs.msdn.com/kcwalina/archi...16/396787.aspx
Esp the
TryParse Pattern
section
Aka, your function breaks about 2 or 3 of the "rules".
"Paul" <Pa**@discussio ns.microsoft.co mwrote in message
news:29******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...
Hi I have the method below that returns a bool, true or false depending
on if the conversion to date tiem works. It takes a string input. I am
only returning the bool but would also like to return the string message
ex.message, just wondering how to do this since I think you can only
return
one thing with the function. Thanks.
public bool checkdate(Strin g s_date)
{
b_convert = true ;
DateTime dt_temp1 = Convert.ToDateT ime("1/1/1980");
try
{
dt_temp1 = Convert.ToDateT ime(s_date);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
errormsg = ex.Message;
b_convert = false;
}
return b_convert;
}
--
Paul G
Software engineer.
Paul <Pa**@discussio ns.microsoft.co mwrote:
I fixed the previous error, had not assigned null to the string message, just
wondering where I use the member how do I set that up to accept a string and
a bool
string stemp bool btemp = member (date); ?
I suggest you read up on out/ref parameters in a book about C#. My own
page about parameter passing has some information, but I'd suggest
reading about it via a more dedicated resource.
See http://pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/parameters.html
--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.co m> http://www.pobox.com/~skeet Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/jon.skeet
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