Help decoding VB code

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Hi guys,

I'm having to translate some old VB code into C#, and I'm a bit stumped on this one set of statements. I don't need to know what the output string would be, just which route the code would take through this statement (and why!).

VB

Select Case True
  Case Not IsNumeric(strValue)
    strValue = Format$(Now, "dd-mmm-yyyy")
  Case CDbl(strValue) = 0
    strValue = Format$(Now, "dd-mmm-yyyy")
  Case Else
    strValue = Format$(DateSerial(Left(strValue, 2), Mid(strValue, 3, 2), Right(strValue, 2)), "dd-mmm-yyyy")
End Select

The first two Case statements both return the same value regardless, so it makes no sense to me how I should really be translating this into C#. Any ideas?

Many thanks.

Posted 28-Dec-12 4:26am

Nick Fisher (Consultant)

Updated 28-Dec-12 4:30am

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Adam R Harris · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-28T05:08:00

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if (!IsNumeric(strValue)){
    strValue = Format$(Now, "dd-mmm-yyyy")
} else if (strValue == 0){
    strValue = Format$(Now, "dd-mmm-yyyy")
} else {
    strValue = Format$(DateSerial(Left(strValue, 2), Mid(strValue, 3, 2), Right(strValue, 2)), "dd-mmm-yyyy")
}

Of course i didn't find the C# equivalent but you get the idea of how the code flows now.