Q: HOW DO YOU CODE -- WITHOUT USING ARRAYS OR SPLIT FUNCTIONS -- TO SEPARATE COMMA SEPARATE NUMBER VALUES AND THEN SUM TO TOTAL?  I.E., USING SUBSTRING AND INDEXOF.
I''ve been trying to get this to work but am having problems with the loops and counters. Basically -- NOT using arrays or split functions -- I need to write a function that takes one string made of numbers separated by comma and then have the function return the total of all the separate numbers (number of entered comma separated values is fungible depending on how many values the user enters into the textbox). E.g., textbox1 string is: 10,11,12 --> Total =33. Or, 1,33,121,3,55 ---> Total = 213.
Below is my code so far. Thanks in advance!
Public Class Form1
 
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim s, showVal As String
        Dim Total, x, length As Integer
         
        Dim comma1Position As Integer ''this is used to get the index of the first comma position 
        Dim oldcomma1Position As Integer ''dummy register variable
        Dim commaCount As Integer = 0
        s = TextBox1.Text
        length = s.Length
        x = 0
        comma1Position = 0 
        oldcomma1Position = 0
        commaCount = 0
        Dim number As String
        Total = 0
        Do While x <> -1
            oldcomma1Position = comma1Position
            x = s.IndexOf(",")
            comma1Position = s.IndexOf(",", (oldcomma1Position + 1))
            number = s.Substring(oldcomma1Position, x)
            Total = Total + CInt(number)
            commaCount = commaCount + 1
        Loop
        showVal = " The Sum Total of the Comma Separated Values You Entered Is: " & Total
        MessageBox.Show(showVal)