The Weird and The Wonderful

leppie wrote:

Yeah, now fixed, my brain needs rest now!

Dim codes() As String = New String(){"bad", "good"}
Dim rating As Integer = (Array.IndexOf(codes, "bad") + 1) * 5

Try
  Return t.Select("linatipedi='N'").Length = 0 // *resists urge to type two ='s*
Catch
  Return False
End Try

Ian Shlasko wrote:

Translation: Post one of the 10's! Heheh

Ian Shlasko wrote:

// *resists urge to type two ='s*

public static int GetAge(string birthDate)
    {
    DateTime birth;
    try
        {
        birth = DateTime.Parse(birthDate);
        }
    catch (Exception ex)
        {
        throw new ApplicationException("Unable to read birth date.", ex);
        }
    DateTime now = DateTime.Today;
    if (now.DayOfYear < birth.DayOfYear)
        {
        // Before your birthday
        return now.Year - birth.Year - 1;
        }
    return now.Year - birth.Year;
    }

public static int GetAge(string birthDate)
{
    DateTime birth;
    TimeSpan livingAge; /* This will be inaccurate by the time it's
                        *  been calculated but I don't think the user
                        *  will care about a few ticks */

    if(!DateTime.Parse(birthDate, out birth))
        throw new InvalidCastException("Unable to parse birth date");
    livingAge = DateTime.Now - birth;
    return (livingAge + DateTime.MinValue).Years - 1;
}

Computafreak wrote:

For what its worth, what did you have in mind?