Calculator application only prints string

[urbycoz]

I've build a vb.net calculator. It works by concatenating the text property of each button pressed into a string (eg. "5*4+6/2")

However all I can get to appear in the display window is the string itself. If I use "val(string)" it just prints the first number in the string, rather than doing the calculation for me as I would like.

Is there a simple way around this?

 

[JohnH]

check this: http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=397265 (horrible code box, but not much code to copy)

 

[urbycoz]

Thank you. Looks like that would work. But it feels a bit like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

Is there no simpler way to get mathematical operators to function properly from a string?

 

[JohnH]

No, there isn't.