Trouble in Access VBA with variable calling from combo box - vba

I'm very new to VBA and am making a mock program for calculating if someone is eligible for a home loan, but I'm having trouble with combo boxes containing numerical values passing their values over to variables used in the code, any help would be greatly appreciated. Here is my code:
Private Sub Elegibility_Calculator_Click()
'Variables
Dim crScore As Integer
Dim yrIncome As Long
Dim MINCRSCORE As Integer
Dim MINYRINCOME As Long
'Variable Values
crScore = cbocrScore
yrIncome = cboyrIncome
MINCRSCORE = 650
MINYRINCOME = 100000
'Calculate Elegibility
If crScore >= MINCRSCORE & yrIncome >= MINYRINCOME Then
MsgBox "blah"
Else
MsgBox "bad blah"
End If
End Sub

Your If condition uses & which is for concatenation. Use logical operator AND instead.

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VBA convert textbox entry to an integer

I am trying to convert a textbox entry to an integer:
Dim cplayers() As Variant: cplayers = Array ("Danny", "Freddy", "Billy", "Tommy")
Dim i As Integer
i = CInt(TextBox3)
MsgBox (cplayers(i) & " is on first base.")
When I run it now, the message box always reads "Danny is on first base." so it must be reading the textbox as empty and assuming the entry is 0 then. What should I change?
You can use an ActiveX Text Box to import the value.
To Insert: Developer Tab > Insert > ActiveX Controls > Text Box (ActiveX Control)
You can then extract your value as such:
Option Explicit
Sub Test()
Dim cplayers() As Variant: cplayers = Array("Danny", "Freddy", "Billy", "Tommy")
Dim i As Integer
i = TextBox1.Value
MsgBox cplayers(i) & " is on first base."
End Sub
You could also refer to the object but that would be overkill here.
The field that holds the actual entry for the Textbox seems to be "TextBox3.text"
Dim cplayers() As Variant: cplayers = Array ("Danny", "Freddy", "Billy", "Tommy")
Dim i As Integer
i = CInt(TextBox3.text)
MsgBox (cplayers(i) & " is on first base.")
There is also a check that can help you to prevent wrong inputs in the calculations. You can use isNumeric() to determine if the entered value is a valid number like If IsNumeric(TextBox3.text) Then

Calculating strings as a formula in vba

I'm trying to evaluate excel cells which contains data like,
"AAA*2"
and then in vba trying to solve them using,
dim AAA
dim equation
dim result
AAA=inputbox("?") 'some numeric value
equation=sheets("sheet1").range("A1").value 'contains "AAA*2"
result=application.evaluate("=" & equation)
I don't know if something like this possible.If so it's going to make my current project way more simpler.Thanks for any help beforehand.
You cannot mix vba and strings.
Add equation = replace(equation,"AAA", AAA)
dim AAA
dim equation
dim result
AAA=inputbox("?") 'some numeric value
equation=sheets("sheet1").range("A1").value 'contains "AAA*2"
equation = replace(equation,"AAA", AAA)
result=application.evaluate("=" & equation)
Declare your types, and watch out for implicit assumptions you make with the values involved.
Dim userInput As Variant
userInput = InputBox("?") ' could be numeric, could be a null string pointer, could be anything.
If Not IsNumeric(userInput) Then Exit Sub
Dim AAA As Double
AAA = CDbl(userInput)
Dim source As Worksheet
Set source = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1")
Dim sourceEquation As Variant
sourceEquation = source.Range("A1").Value ' could be an error, an empty variant, a date, whatever
If IsError(sourceEquation) Then Exit Sub
Dim equation As String
'the "AAA" in the string is a string literal, doesn't refer to this local AAA variable.
equation = VBA.Strings.Replace(CStr(sourceEquation), "AAA", AAA)
Dim result As Double
result = Application.Evaluate("=" & equation)

Why is assigning the Value property of cell causing code to end aburptly?

Private Sub FillRow(programCell As Range, storedProgramCell As Range)
Dim counter As Integer
For counter = 3 To 9
Dim cellOffset As Integer
cellOffset = counter - 3
Dim currentStoredCell As Range
Set currentStoredCell = storedProgramCell.Offset(0, cellOffset)
Dim value As String
value = currentStoredCell.value
Dim currentTargetCell As Range
Set currentTargetCell = programCell.Offset(0, cellOffset)
MsgBox currentStoredCell.value 'Works correctly, prints correct value
currentTargetCell.value = value
Next counter
End Sub
The line:
currentTargetCell.value = value
causes the code to stop executing, with no error.
I added the expression to my watch list, then stepped through the routine. The expression was seen as a Boolean:
This makes me think the expression is being viewed as a comparison, and the program abruptly ends since the returned Boolean is not being stored or used anywhere. I wouldn't doubt if I were wrong though.
I'm new to VBA, struggling to debug my program, so please forgive me if this is a petty mistake. I couldn't find any sources online that explains this problem.
Replace your subroutine with following code:
Private Sub FillRow(Dst As Range, Src As Range)
Dim x As Integer
Dim v As Variant
Dim Srcx As Range
Dim Dstx As Range
Debug.Print "FillRow"
Debug.Print Src.Address
Debug.Print Dst.Address
Debug.Print "Loop"
For x = 0 To 6
Debug.Print x
Set Srcx = Src.Offset(0, x)
Debug.Print Srcx.Address
v = Srcx.Value
Debug.Print TypeName(v)
Set Dstx = Dst.Offset(0, x)
Debug.Print Dstx.Address
Dstx.Value = v
Next
Debug.Print "Completed"
End Sub
Run and post in your question Immediate window output.
Value is a reserved word, even if vba does not raise an error on this name, you should not use it. Name it something else. Also, try setting it as a variant.

bubble vs insertion sort - trying to write a program to determine which is more efficient

i'm trying to compare these 2 sort algorithms.
I've written a vb.net console program and used excel to create a csv file of 10000 integers randomly created between 0 and 100000.
Insertion sort seems to take approx 10x longer which can't be correct can it?
can anyone point out where i'm going wrong?
module Module1
Dim unsortedArray(10000) As integer
sub main
dim startTick as long
dim endTick as long
loadDataFromFile
startTick = date.now.ticks
insertionsort
endTick = date.now.ticks
console.writeline("ticks for insertion sort = " & (endTick-startTick))
loadDataFromFile
startTick = date.now.ticks
bubblesort
endTick = date.now.ticks
console.writeline("ticks for bubble sort = " & (endTick-startTick))
end sub
sub bubbleSort
dim temp as integer
dim swapped as boolean
dim a as integer = unsortedArray.getupperbound(0)-1
do
swapped=false
for i = 0 to a
if unsortedArray(i)>unsortedArray(i+1) then
temp=unsortedArray(i)
unsortedArray(i)=unsortedArray(i+1)
unsortedArray(i+1)=temp
swapped=true
end if
next i
'a = a - 1
loop until not swapped
end sub
sub insertionSort()
dim temp as string
dim ins as integer
dim low as integer = 0
dim up as integer = unsortedArray.getupperbound(0)
console.writeline()
for i = 1 to up
temp = unsortedArray(i)
ins = i-1
while (ins >= 0) andalso (temp < unsortedArray(ins))
unsortedArray(ins+1) = unsortedArray(ins)
ins = ins -1
end while
unsortedArray(ins+1) = temp
next
end sub
sub loadDataFromFile()
dim dataItem as integer
fileopen(1,FileIO.FileSystem.CurrentDirectory & "\10000.csv", openmode.input)
'set up to loop through each row in the array
for i = 0 to 9999
input(1,dataItem)
'save that data item in correct array positon
unsortedArray(i) = dataItem
next i
fileclose(1)
end sub
dim temp as string
You've declared your temporary variable as a string instead of an integer. VB.Net is perfectly happy to allow you to do this sort of sloppy thing, and it will convert the numeric value to a string and back. This is a very expensive operation.
If you go into your project options, under "Compile", do yourself a favour and turn on "Option Strict". This will disallow implicit type conversions like this and force you to fix it, showing you exactly where you made the error.
"Option Strict" is off by default for legacy reasons, simply to allow badly written legacy VB code to be compiled without complaint in vb.net. There is otherwise no sane reason to leave it turned off.
Changing the declaration to
Dim temp As Integer
reveals that the insertion sort is indeed about 3-5 times faster than the bubble on average.

inputBox Excel VBA Integer problems

I am new to VBA and I'm trying to create a macro that from a inputBox accepts a number between 0 and 1000 and converts it to hexadecimal. Well it works, but I am struggling to keep the program accepting that range ( 0 - 1000). This is what happens:
If I input -1 it throws a error;
If I input -1001 it throws a FFFFFFFC17;
If I input any value above 1000 it doesn't throw a MsgBox (I am not familiar with causing error on excel for now).
I've done first like this:
Sub DecToHex()
Dim inputDec As Integer
Dim outputHex As String
inputDec = InputBox("Decimal?")
If inputDec <= 1000 And inputDec >= 0 Then
outputHex = Application.WorksheetFunction.Dec2Hex(inputDec)
MsgBox ("Hex: " + outputHex)
Else
MsgBox ("Error! Please define decimal. It must be larger than zero and less than 1001")
inputDec = InputBox("Decimal?")
outputHex = Application.WorksheetFunction.Dec2Hex(inputDec)
MsgBox ("Hex: " + outputHex)
End If
End Sub
But then I thought well inputBox gives me input as string, so maybe I should accept values as string, so I changed:
Dim inputDec As Integer
'Changed to
Dim inputDec As String
Which still did a poorly control on variables ( ie. it accepts -1200, as also 1200 ). So can you point out what am I doing wrong? Maybe it's the Worksheet Function I'm not reading well. I know it's newbie mistake but it's important for me to understand how to control these input variables from inputBox.
You need to declare the inputDec As Variant
You need to Handle the Cancel Button
You need to put the code in a loop so that when user enters an invalid number, the inputbox can pop up again.
You need to use Application.InputBox with Type:=1 so that only numbers can be accepted.
Try this
Sub DecToHex()
Dim inputDec As Variant
Dim outputHex As String
Do
inputDec = Application.InputBox("Decimal?", Type:=1)
'~~> Handle Cancel
If inputDec = "False" Then Exit Do
If inputDec <= 1000 And inputDec >= 0 Then
outputHex = Application.WorksheetFunction.Dec2Hex(inputDec)
MsgBox ("Hex: " + outputHex)
Exit Do '<~~ Exit the loop
Else
MsgBox ("Error! Please define decimal. It must be larger than zero and less than 1001")
End If
Loop
End Sub