Chapter 7. Manipulating Numbers

IN THIS CHAPTER

Most scripts involve math and numbers, and learning how to work with them is important. Other types of data manipulation, including strings and dates, build upon basic number manipulation, too, making this a core skill. Fortunately, VBScript makes numeric data easy to work with.

Incredibly, I almost became a professional software developer. It's what I wanted to do in high school, and my school even offered a two-year vocational course for programmers. I never pursued it, though, because I'm horrible with higher math. In school, everyone tells you that programmers have to really know their math. That's not true, of course. With VBScript in particular, you'll find that manipulating numeric data and performing even complex calculations is easy. Even better, you probably won't need more than basic math skills for administrative scripting.