Generate number contains from a list of random number - vb.net

strwords(1) = 1
strwords(2) = 2
strwords(3) = 3
How should you use generation? if the random number is 1 or 2 or 3? the Or function does not work in this case.
If randomNumber1 = strWords(1) or strWords(2) or strWords(3) Then
TxtRndX.AppendText(Environment.NewLine & randomNumber1)
Else
End If

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Program freezes with specific numbers

This code is supposed to take a number and find it's prime factors.
Why does this code work with numbers like 2345 (which returns 5, 7, 67 like its supposed to) but it doesn't work with numbers like 500 and 800?
EDIT: when I say it doesn't work, the program simply does nothing and/or freezes on button click. I then have to stop the program in vb.
Dim number As Double = txtNum.Text
Dim var As Double = 2
Dim result As Double
If number > 1 Then
lst1.Items.Clear()
lst1.Items.Add("The prime factors of " & number & ":")
Do While number > 1
result = number / var
If result = Int(result) Then
lst1.Items.Add(var)
number = result
End If
var = var + 1
Loop
Else
lst1.Items.Clear()
lst1.Items.Add("Let try that again...")
End If
The problem was caused because 500 divided by 2 is 250, divided by 5 is 50 ... and then the program continued on by dividing by 6 instead of attempting to divide by 5 again. Once var reached 10, number became 5 and no further divisions ever allowed it to reach 1 - thus an infinite loop was created.
By changing
If result = Int(result) Then
lst1.Items.Add(var)
number = result
End If
var = var + 1
to
If result = Int(result) Then
lst1.Items.Add(var)
number = result
Else
var = var + 1
End If
it correctly made multiple divisions by the same prime factor when necessary.

Calling Another Code

I am trying to figure out another way to write this line. Currently, I have it to where if any of the ranges AA2:AA7 = 1 then call code OneLineItem. Issue is, the parameter I need set is if only one of those cells equals 1 and only one other cell to be greater than 1. I.e. AA2 = 1 and AA7=200 (for example). A problem i'm running into is that AA2 = 1, AA3 = 100, AA7 = 200. However I just need one cell to equal 1 and another cell to be >1 and everything else to be 0. If that criteria is met, then call code OneLineItem. Thank You.
If ActiveSheet.Range("AA2") = 1 Or ActiveSheet.Range("AA3") = 1 Or
ActiveSheet.Range("AA4") = 1 Or ActiveSheet.Range("AA5") = 1 Or
ActiveSheet.Range("AA6") = 1 Or _
ActiveSheet.Range("AA7") = 1 Then
Call OneLineItem
Else
There are 6 numbers so:
1 should be 1
1 should be greater than 1
4 should be 0
so we can use COUNTIF() to find if it follows the pattern
Dim OneTrue As Boolean
Dim MoreTrue As Boolean
Dim RestTrue As Boolean
RestTrue = Application.WorksheetFunction.CountIf([AA2:AA7], 0) = 4 [AA2:AA7].Cells.Count - 2
OneTrue = Application.WorksheetFunction.CountIf([AA2:AA7], 1) = 1
MoreTrue = Application.WorksheetFunction.CountIf([AA2:AA7], ">1") = 1
If RestTrue And OneTrue And MoreTrue Then
Call OneLineItem
End If
Another method would be to nest the IF:
IF Application.WorksheetFunction.CountIf([AA2:AA7], 0) = [AA2:AA7].Cells.Count - 2 Then
IF Application.WorksheetFunction.CountIf([AA2:AA7], 1) = 1 Then
'we do not need the third, If the others are true then the last must be true.
'Unless you can have negative numbers. Then you can add the third.
Call OneLineItem
End If
End If
The advantage to the second is that it only does the COUNTIFs necessary till it find a False return, then it does not do any more. while the first does all three no matter what.

EXPLAIN what this VB CODE means

Function convertToText(ByVal data As String) As String
Dim result As String = Nothing
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim j As Integer = 0
For Each c As Char In data.ToCharArray
j *= 2
If c = "1"c Then j += 1
i += 1
If i = 8 Then
i = 0
result &= Chr(j)
j = 0
End If
Next
Return result
End Function
It converts binary to text but its a bit difficult for me to understand the logic behind it.
Someone please help.
The code seems to convert a text containing a binary number representing 8 bit character codes to a string containing these characters.
The for each loop loops over all binary digits ("0" or "1") of the input. The code of each result character is computed and after every 8 input characters the code is considered to be complete and the new character whose code was determined is added to the result (result &= Chr(j) is the same as result = result & Chr(j). Chr(j) converts an Integer containing a character code into a character). The variable i counts the bits.
The variable j holds the character code. If a bit is "1", then 1 is added to j (j += 1 is the same as j = j + 1), but not if it is "0".
A "1" in the right most bit position has a (decimal) value of 1. The next to its left a value of 2. The next 4 and so on. The value doubles for each position until it reaches 128 for the left most bit of an 8 bit number. Therefore j is doubled on each loop (j *= 2 is the same as j = j * 2).
Example with just 4 bits:
data = "1010"
The binary number 1010 means
1 * 8 + 0 * 4 + 1 * 2 + 0 * 1 = (decimal)10
The code does this
j = 0 => 0
j *= 2 => 0
j += 1 => 1 'since c = "1"
j *= 2 => 2
'no += 1 since c = "0"
j *= 2 => 4
j += 1 => 5 'since c = "1"
j *= 2 => 10
'no += 1 since c = "0"
The first 1 we added is doubled 3 times and becomes 8. The second 1 we added is doubled only once and becomes 2. 8 + 2 = 10.

Combinations of 4-digit numbers whose individual digits sum to 5

I'm working on a scorecard at work which has columns representing 4 possible outcomes, for example:
Successful,
unsuccessful,
Exceptional,
Other
Each staff member is assessed 5 times in the month against those ratings. So 1 person might have 3 successful, 2 exceptional, 0 unsuccessful, 0 other.
So the max instances of each outcome is 5 but the total sum of instances can't be more than 5.
I could try to type out all the combinations (and get them wrong) - is there any function/formula/VBA that anyone knows of that will list out all of the possible combinations of outcomes for me?
e.g. 5000,4100,4010,4001,3200,3020,3002,3110,3011, etc...
Since your numbers can range from 0005 to 5000, you could just write a simple loop that tests each number to see if the digits total 5:
Sub GetPermutations()
Dim i As Long
For i = 5 To 5000
If SumDigits(i) = 5 Then Debug.Print Format$(i, "0000")
Next
End Sub
Function SumDigits(s As Variant) As Long
Dim i As Long
For i = 1 To Len(s)
SumDigits = SumDigits + CLng(Mid$(s, i, 1))
Next
End Function
Alternatively:
Dim w As Long, x As Long, y As Long, z As Long
For w = 0 To 5
For x = 0 To 5
For y = 0 To 5
For z = 0 To 5
If w + x + y + z = 5 Then Debug.Print w & x & y & z
Next
Next
Next
Next
c#:
// numbering 1 to 4 - i.e.
// 1 sucessful, 2 unsucessful, 3 exception, 4 other
for(int i=1;i<4;i++)
{
for(int n=1;n<4;n++)
{
for(int d=1;d<4;d++)
{
for(int q=1;q<4;q++)
{
if(i+d+n+q<=5)
Console.WriteLine(i+n+d+q+", ");
}
}
}
}
EDIT: just saw you asked for vba:
For number1 As Integer = 1 To 4 Step 1
For number2 As Integer = 1 To 4 Step 1
For number3 As Integer = 1 To 4 Step 1
For number4 As Integer = 1 To 4 Step 1
if(number1+number2+number3+number4<=5) Then
Debug.WriteLine(number1.ToString & number2.toString &number3.toString &number4.ToString & ",");
End If
Next number4
Next number3
Next number2
Next number1
The most simple solution I could think of, there's probably better though.
Thanks for your help everyone - i managed to use a combination of suggestions by starting with the number 1, auto-filling down to 5000, then "text to columns", fixed width to separate the digits, sum to 5, filter and hey presto! Seems to have produced the right number of possible combinations adding up to 5.
Thanks again for your help!

Issues with For Loop in VB

For i = 1 To 5
If i = 0 Then
i = i + 1
ElseIf i Mod 2 = 0 Then
LabelEvens.Text = i
i = i + 1
Else
LabelOdds.Text = i
i = i + 1
End If
Next i
I'm making a program in VB where I have to use a for loop to sort between 2 numbers(loop limit 1 and 2) and find if they are even or odd, Then output the results to 2 labels. This loop makes sense to me, but for example when I put in 1 and 4 all it outputs is a 5 in the odd label. I guess my question is can anyone see the issue with my loop?
You don't need to add 1 to your loop variable i manually, the for loop itself does that for you behind the scenes:
For i = 1 To 5
If i Mod 2 = 0 Then
LabelEvens.Text = i
Else
LabelOdds.Text = i
End If
Next i
You'll noticed I've also removed the If i = 0 bit since i can never be zero within that loop. It ranges from one to five inclusive.
One other thing you'll need to do is to append the value to your text box. What you have at the moment is a replacement so that it'll only be set to the last value processed. Something like this should suffice:
' Initialise to empty strings '
LabelEvens.Text = ""
LabelOdds.Text = ""
' Append the values '
For i = 1 To 5
If i Mod 2 = 0 Then
LabelEvens.Text = LabelEvens.Text & "," & CStr(i)
Else
LabelOdds.Text = LabelOdds.Text & "," & CStr(i)
End If
Next i
' Remove initial comma from both '
LabelEvens.Text = Mid(LabelEvens.Text,2)
LabelOdds.Text = Mid(LabelOdds.Text,2)
Some issues in your code:
For i = 1 To 5
If i = 0 Then <-- 'I' will never be 0 since you start from 1
i = i + 1 <-- Don't manually increment since you are using a for
ElseIf i Mod 2 = 0 Then
LabelEvens.Text = i
i = i + 1 <-- Don't manually increment since you are using a for
Else
LabelOdds.Text = i
i = i + 1 <-- Don't manually increment since you are using a for
End If
Next i
Another issue you have is that if you have more than one odd number in the for range (say in a range of 1 to 10) you will only get the last number. What do you want to do in this case? Concatenate all odd numbers in a string or stop after the first one is found? Do you really need a FOR loop at all?
you can Also state
LabelEvens.Text="" 'Clear contents of the label before assigning new values
LabelOdds.Text=""
For i As Integer = 1 To 5
If i Mod 2 = 0 Then
LabelEvens.Text = LabelEvens.Text & i
Else
LabelOdds.Text = LabelOdds.Text & i
End If
Next
From Above you can replace '&' with '+' if you want the Total.