Originally Posted by JRabbit2307

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'Radio Choice
Selection
 
Dim decRadioPrice As Decimal
 
        Console.WriteLine("Please enter the Radio Choice for your vehicle: ")
        Console.WriteLine("Enter 1 for AM/FM Radio")
        Console.WriteLine("Enter 2 for AM/FM/CD/DVD")
        strRadioChoice = Console.ReadLine()
        Select Case strRadioChoice
            Case "1"
                Console.WriteLine("Price : $100")
                decRadioPrice = 100.00
            Case "2"
                Console.WriteLine("Price : $400")
                 decRadioPrice = 400.00
            Case Else
                Console.WriteLine("Invalid selection")
 
        End Select
 
        'SellingPrice = BasePrice + strEngineChoice + strInteriorChoice 
        '+ strRadioChoice + ShippingCharge + DealerCharge
 
         decTotal = decBasePrice + desEnginePrice + decInterior + decRadio etc
        Console.WriteLine("The total selling price for your vehicle is $" + FormatCurrencty(decTotal))
        Console.WriteLine()
        Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to Exit")
        Console.ReadLine()

'Radio Choice Selection Dim decRadioPrice As Decimal Console.WriteLine("Please enter the Radio Choice for your vehicle: ") Console.WriteLine("Enter 1 for AM/FM Radio") Console.WriteLine("Enter 2 for AM/FM/CD/DVD") strRadioChoice = Console.ReadLine() Select Case strRadioChoice Case "1" Console.WriteLine("Price : $100") decRadioPrice = 100.00 Case "2" Console.WriteLine("Price : $400") decRadioPrice = 400.00 Case Else Console.WriteLine("Invalid selection") End Select 'SellingPrice = BasePrice + strEngineChoice + strInteriorChoice '+ strRadioChoice + ShippingCharge + DealerCharge decTotal = decBasePrice + desEnginePrice + decInterior + decRadio etc Console.WriteLine("The total selling price for your vehicle is $" + FormatCurrencty(decTotal)) Console.WriteLine() Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to Exit") Console.ReadLine()

Originally Posted by mikiurban

Or you can use Integer.Parse() (or Double.Parse(), etc) at that line where you add all the numbers. Maybe add some exception around it, too, .Parse() is pretty picky and throws exceptions when it doesn't get what it wants.

Originally Posted by sknake

You should use integer.TryParse() or decimal.TryParse() instead of handling the exception. Throwing exceptions is a very expensive process and if you have exceptions being thrown in calculations (where it can occur over and over in loops) it can bring a system to a halt depending on the amount of data.

Originally Posted by jbennet

Cast with the "CInt" function