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Hi all,

I'm having problems trying to type cast in VB.Net. I'd like to read
in a 16 bit unsigned integer and convert it to a signed 16 bit
integer. I'm using the following line of code:

Dim wordVal As Short

wordVal = CShort(Val(inpu t.Text))
output.Text = wordVal

Whenever input.Text 32767, I get a run-time error. Looking for some
suggestions.

Thanks in advance,
-weg

Nov 5 '07
11 5032
Yes Phil, but 40000 then becomes -25536 :-)

Guy

"Phill W." wrote:
we***@drexel.ed u wrote:
Dim wordVal As Short
wordVal = CShort(Val(inpu t.Text))
Whenever input.Text 32767, I get a run-time error.
Looking for some suggestions.

Well; what do you know?
The old, VB "Proper" trick of "side-stepping" out to Hexadecimal and
back again still works!

Dim unsigned as UInt16 = 40000
Dim signed as Int16 _
= CShort(Val("&H" & Hex(unsigned)))

HTH,
Phill W.
Nov 7 '07 #11
guy wrote:
but 40000 then becomes -25536 :-)
Exactly what I would expect.

Read up about the Short Data Type and its limitations.

You can't fit a quart into a pint pot; if it holds the pint, it's doing
the best it can...

Regards,
Phill W.
Nov 7 '07 #12

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