VBScript, WMI, and ADSI Unleashed: Using VBScript, WMI, and ADSI to Automate Windows® Administration

Chapter 7. Manipulating Numbers

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Numbers in VBScript
• Basic Arithmetic
• Advanced Arithmetic
• Boolean Math
• Converting Numeric Data Types
• Converting Other Data Types to Numeric Data

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 ...