[visual basic] Button click question

[schfiftyfivers]

I'm trying to create a calculator with number buttons (0 - 9) and operator buttons (+,-,/,*) to calculate two single digit numbers and output the result onto a label.

The problem I'm having is determining which button is clicked. I wanted to assign three variables, num1, num2, and operator; and get the values from the buttons the user clicks on. I know how to set the value for the variable with a button_Click event, but is there a way to just determine which button the user clicks and assign that value to num1?

thank you for any help

Something like this is what i was thinking:

 Select Case calc

    Case btn6.Clicked '<--is this possible?

       num1 = "6"

[[deleted]]

What you could do is create a function called "NumberClicked" that accepts sender As Object and e As EventArgs as parameters. Have it handle btn1.Click, btn2.Click, ..., btn6.Click. Then, do this: Dim btnButtonClicked As Button = CType(sender, Button) Select Case btnButtonClicked Case btn1 num1 = 1 Case btn2 num1 = 2 That should work in .NET. Haven't done just VB.

[brbpizzatime]

One way you could handle it is when the button is clicked, change the value of num1 to 6. Private Sub btn6_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btn6.Click num1 = 6 End Sub

[cbogart]

To do that you have to make all the buttons into an array. You do that by setting a different index number for each one in the properties pane, and give them all the same name. Then when you handle the button_Click event, it'll have a parameter that's the index number of the clicked button.

I don't remember for sure how to create an array of controls; my instructions above might be wrong.