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I have this code in PHP and I want to write it in Vb.net

PHP

for($j = 0; $difference >= $lengths[$j] && $j < count($lengths)-1; $j++) {
        $difference /= $lengths[$j];
    }

I have made it to look like this to my knowlegde

VB

Dim d As Integer For d = 0 To (date_diff >= lengths(d) AndAlso d < lengths.Count - 1) date_diff /= lengths(d) d += 1 Next

and the error that I am getting is :

Overload resolution failed because no Public '>=' can be called with these arguments:
'Public Shared Operator >=(t1 As System.TimeSpan, t2 As System.TimeSpan) As Boolean':
Argument matching parameter 't2' cannot convert from 'String' to 'TimeSpan'.

I want to achieve something the CodeProject Post time like "Posted 2 minutes ago" ,
if anyone have a similar example please help.

Posted 30-Apr-11 23:29pm

musawenkosi

Updated 30-Apr-11 23:32pm

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#realJSOP · Answer 1 · 2011-04-30T23:36:00

Solution 1

You can't use a boolean in a for loop. You're effectively doing this:

VB

for d = 0 to false (or true)
...

Next, you're incrementing the control variable d inside the loop - this goes WAY beyond bad programming practice.

Finally, we can't help you convert it if we don't know the types of the variables being use.

Posted 30-Apr-11 23:36pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 1-May-11 18:08pm

Nonsense detected! My 5.
--SA

markkuk · Answer 2 · 2011-05-01T00:30:00

Solution 2

Visual Basic For...Next loops are fundamentally different from PHP/C/C++ for() statements. You must use a While...End While or Do...Loop statement in VB in order to use a boolean statement as the looping condition.

Posted 1-May-11 0:30am

markkuk