VBMath Class

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The VbMath module contains procedures used to perform mathematical operations.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.VisualBasic.VBMath

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualBasic (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<StandardModuleAttribute> _
Public NotInheritable Class VBMath
[StandardModuleAttribute]
public sealed class VBMath

The VBMath type exposes the following members.

Methods

  Name Description
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodStatic member Randomize() Initializes the random-number generator.
Public methodStatic member Randomize(Double) Initializes the random-number generator.
Public methodStatic member Rnd() Returns a random number of type Single.
Public methodStatic member Rnd(Single) Returns a random number of type Single.
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

This module supports the Visual Basic language keywords and run-time library members for generating random numbers.

Examples

This example uses the Rnd function to generate a random integer value in the range from 1 to 6.

' Initialize the random-number generator.
Randomize()
' Generate random value between 1 and 6.
Dim value As Integer = CInt(Int((6 * Rnd()) + 1))

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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