ASP or VB Operaters for Addition etc...++

[powerslave]

I noticed if u add 3+5 in my ASP im getting 35 and not 8

Could someone please tell me what I need to do for a simple addition? Any other operator information or a link to somewhere would be handy too :)

Ive tried with or without (Brackets)

Thanks

[defanjos]

<%
dim test
test = 3 + 5
response.write test
%>

You get 8

<%
dim test
test = "3" + "5"
response.write test
%>

You get 35

[txbakers]

to elaborate on the above post - if the addends are strings (or even if the first one is a string) you will concatenate rather than "add".

To be sure you are adding, you can use the "cint" (for integers) function in VB as follows:

dim test
test = cint("5") + cint("8")
test = 13

there are lots of ways to do this, but the goal is to make sure you are adding numbers, rather than strings.

[powerslave]

test = 3 + 5
or
test = (3 + 5)

gave me 35 both times, not 8.

ill try the cint thanks :)

[mrMister]

powerslave, what you're experiencincing is typical of the type of problems that programmers get with loose typing and late binding.

Make sure you set Option Explicit and Option Strict to your pages, it'll save you all sorts of headaches further down the road. Your code will run faster as well.