Shool project. Need help please!...

[ConfusedSam]

Hello! I had a quick question regarding an issue I've been having with this question...how would I make a value in minutes -for instance 197 mins- show in hour and minute format -as 3 hours and 17 minutes-. Thanks in advance!

[Curtis Rutland]

Here are two good links:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr....timespan.aspx
http://blog.stevex.net/index.php/str...ing-in-csharp/

You can use a TimeSpan to define a certain amount of time. Look at it's static methods that return a TimeSpan from certain units of time, like TimeSpan.FromDays.

Then, you can use String.Format to display the time properly. Scroll down to the Dates section of the second link.

Hope that helps.

[balabaster]

Also, there's an alternative mathematical approach using the mod operator. Mod will give you the remainder of a division.

i.e. 197 mod 60 = 17

...and the \ operator (not to be confused with /) will give you the integer part of a division.

197 \ 60 = 3

197 / 60 = 3.28333....

So you could figure out hours and minutes in two parts:

Hours = 197 \ 60
Minutes = 197 Mod 60

So there ya go... plus, this method will probably score you more points for actually understanding how to calculate it manually rather than having the computer do it for you. A little theory seems to go a long way in class.